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sheriffdoms

sheriffdoms is the plural of sheriffdom.

Meaning of sheriffdom

Noun

sheriffdom (plural sheriffdoms)

  1. The regions in which a sheriff has authority.
    • Crossing the river got him beyond his old nemesis' sheriffdom and into the territory of a more liberal authority.
  2. The office, or period of office, of a sheriff.
    • His sheriffdom began with his election and ended with his death.

Questions about sheriffdoms

What is sheriffdoms the plural of?
Sheriffdoms is the plural of sheriffdom.

Words near sheriffdoms in the dictionary

  1. sheriffalties
  2. sheriffalty
  3. sheriffcies
  4. sheriffcy
  5. sheriffdom
  6. sheriffdoms
  7. sheriffed
  8. sheriffess
  9. sheriffesses
  10. Sheriffhales
  11. sheriffhood

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sheriffdoms (page history and authors); sheriffdom (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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