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trithing-reeves

trithing-reeves is the plural of trithing-reeve.

Meaning of trithing-reeve

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

Questions about trithing-reeves

What is trithing-reeves the plural of?
Trithing-reeves is the plural of trithing-reeve.

Words near trithing-reeves in the dictionary

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

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