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trithing-reeve

trithing-reeve noun: the official governing a trithing.

Noun

trithing-reeve (plural trithing-reeves)

  1. (obsolete) The official governing a trithing.
    • Where a county is divided into three of these intermediate jurisdictions, they are called trithings, which were antiently governed by a trithing-reeve. These trithings still subsist in the large county of York, where by an easy corruption they are denominated ridings; the north, the east, and the...1771, William, Sir Blackstone, “Of the Countries Subject to the Laws of England”, in Commentaries on the Laws of England, volume 1, page 116

Forms of trithing-reeve

pluraltrithing-reeves

Questions about trithing-reeve

What does trithing-reeve mean?
Trithing-reeve means the official governing a trithing.
What part of speech is trithing-reeve?
Trithing-reeve is a noun.
What is the plural of trithing-reeve?
The plural of trithing-reeve is trithing-reeves.

Words near trithing-reeve in the dictionary

  1. trithian
  2. trithiane
  3. trithianes
  4. trithians
  5. trithing
  6. trithing-reeve
  7. trithing-reeves
  8. trithings
  9. trithioacetone
  10. trithiocarbonate
  11. trithiocarbonates

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