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trithings

trithings is the plural of trithing.

Meaning of trithing

Noun

trithing (plural trithings)

  1. (historical) a riding (one of three ancient divisions of a county in England)
    • 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 trithings

What is trithings the plural of?
Trithings is the plural of trithing.

Words near trithings in the dictionary

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

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