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Tituladoes

Tituladoes noun: refers to the English and Anglo-Irish elite, particularly those who held official positions, land, or military authority in Ireland during the early modern period (16th–17th centuries). The term was used to describe individuals who were titled or held significant status, often granted by the English Crown.

Noun

Tituladoes pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) refers to the English and Anglo-Irish elite, particularly those who held official positions, land, or military authority in Ireland during the early modern period (16th–17th centuries). The term was used to describe individuals who were titled or held significant status, often granted by the English Crown.
    • I have compared the names of the Tituladoes appearing in the transcript, and the townlands returned as their respective places of residence, with the names of the Commonwealth tenants of corresponding townlands and counties in the years 1657, 1658, and 1659, and have found complete and convincing...1867, Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy., volume XXIV Polite Literature, page 321
    • However, it is clear that the “Tituladoes” (the highest taxpayers) could easily be identified from the original parish returns of the poll tax lists; …1992, Marilyn Silverman, P. H. Gulliver, editors, Approaching the Past: Historical Anthropology Through Irish Case Studies, illustrated edition, Columbia University Press, page 244

Origin of Tituladoes

From Spanish titulados

Questions about Tituladoes

What does Tituladoes mean?
Tituladoes means refers to the English and Anglo-Irish elite, particularly those who held official positions, land, or military authority in Ireland during the early modern period (16th–17th centuries). The term was used to describe individuals who were titled or held significant status, often granted by the English Crown.
What part of speech is Tituladoes?
Tituladoes is a noun.

Words near Tituladoes in the dictionary

  1. titubated
  2. titubates
  3. titubating
  4. titubation
  5. titubations
  6. Tituladoes
  7. titular
  8. titular bishop
  9. titular bishops
  10. titular church
  11. titular churches

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