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sake and soke

sake and soke is the alternative form of soc and sac.

Meaning of soc and sac

Noun

soc and sac (uncountable)

  1. (UK, historical) The right of a lord to hear and decide legal cases on his estate without recourse to other courts.
    • King John granted to the prior and convent, in all their manors and lands, sac, soc, tol, and theam, infangenthef, and outfangenthef, with the ordeals or judgment by fire, water, and iron, and a common gallows in each manor; with a view of frankenpledge, and assize of bread and ale, of all their...1806, Francis Bloomfield, An Essay Towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk, Vol. IV, p. 517

Questions about sake and soke

What is sake and soke the alternative form of?
Sake and soke is the alternative form of soc and sac.

Words near sake and soke in the dictionary

  1. sakawa
  2. Sakazaki
  3. Sakazakis
  4. sakazuki
  5. sake
  6. sake and soke
  7. sake bomb
  8. sake bombs
  9. sake set
  10. sake sets
  11. sakebiose

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