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sheriffwicks

sheriffwicks is the plural of sheriffwick.

Meaning of sheriffwick

Noun

sheriffwick (plural sheriffwicks)

  1. The area of jurisdiction of a sheriff.
  2. The position or office of a sheriff.
    • Thirdly, by the Acceſsion of another office, as when a Iuſtice of Peace is choſen to be Sheriff of the ſame County, his authority of a Iuſtice of Peace there is ſuſpended during his Sheriffwick; […]1643, Michael Dalton, The Country Justice, Containing the Practice of the Justices of the Peace out of Their Sessions: […], 6th edition, London: […] Richard Best, […], page 14

Questions about sheriffwicks

What is sheriffwicks the plural of?
Sheriffwicks is the plural of sheriffwick.

Words near sheriffwicks in the dictionary

  1. sheriffs
  2. sheriffs-depute
  3. sheriffship
  4. sheriffships
  5. sheriffwick
  6. sheriffwicks
  7. Sherifian
  8. sherifs
  9. sherilla
  10. sherillas
  11. Sherilyn

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