shrievalty
Americannoun
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shrievalties
plural
noun
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the office or term of office of a sheriff
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the jurisdiction of a sheriff
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of shrievalty
1495–1505; shrieve 1 + -alty, as in mayoralty
Example Sentences
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In 1922 Stephen Killik, then neither knight nor Alderman, beat the Aldermanic candidate for the shrievalty.
From Time Magazine Archive
Sir Robert built the house to keep his shrievalty, which he did with great magnificence.
From Old and New London Volume I by Walter Thornbury
After dinner the king knighted York in recognition of his hospitality and his past services, an honour personal to York and not extended to his colleague in the shrievalty, Richard Turke.
From London and the Kingdom - Volume I by Reginald R. (Reginald Robinson) Sharpe
He ought to do something to make his shrievalty memorable… and, moreover, the Lord-Lieutenant was an old man.
From Brother Copas by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
Her husband would require them during his shrievalty.
From Mildred Arkell, Volume II (of 3) A Novel by Mrs. Henry Wood
There Rivaux, who had yielded up before Michaelmas most of his shrievalties, was made treasurer, with Passelewe as his deputy.
From The History of England From the Accession of Henry III. to the Death of Edward III. (1216-1377) by William Hunt
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