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sorehon

UK/ˈsɔːhən/US/ˈsɔɹhən/

sorehon noun: a kind of servile tenure in Ireland which required the tenant to maintain his chieftain gratuitously whenever he wished to indulge in a revel.

Noun

sorehon (uncountable)

  1. (Ireland, historical) A kind of servile tenure in Ireland which required the tenant to maintain his chieftain gratuitously whenever he wished to indulge in a revel.
    • Sorehon was a tax laide upon the free - holders , for certaine dayes in each quarter of a yeare , to finde victualls , and lodging , and to pay certaine stipends to the kerne1596 (date written; published 1633), Edmund Spenser, A Vewe of the Present State of Irelande […], Dublin: […] Societie of Stationers, […], →OCLC; republished as A View of the State of Ireland […]...

Origin of sorehon

Corrupted from sojourn, Scots soirne, sorn.

Questions about sorehon

What does sorehon mean?
Sorehon means a kind of servile tenure in Ireland which required the tenant to maintain his chieftain gratuitously whenever he wished to indulge in a revel.
What part of speech is sorehon?
Sorehon is a noun.
How do you pronounce sorehon?
Sorehon is pronounced /ˈsɔːhən/ (UK).

Words near sorehon in the dictionary

  1. sorees
  2. sorehead
  3. soreheaded
  4. soreheads
  5. sorehearted
  6. sorehon
  7. sorel
  8. Sorelian
  9. Sorelianism
  10. Sorell
  11. Sorell Creek

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