Englishry

American  

[ing-glish-ree, -lish-] / ˈɪŋ glɪʃ ri, -lɪʃ- /

noun

1. the fact of being English, especially by birth.

2. a population that is English or of English descent.

   the Englishry of Ireland.

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Englishry British  

/ ˈɪŋɡlɪʃrɪ /

noun

1. people of English descent, esp in Ireland

2. the fact or condition of being an Englishman or Englishwoman, esp by birth

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Etymology

Origin of Englishry

1250–1300; late Middle English Englisherie < Anglo-French Englescherie, equivalent to Middle English Englisch English + Anglo-French -erie -ery

Example Sentences

It had been the country of trial by ordeal with red-hot irons, of the Law of Englishry, and of the sad, wordless song of Morfa-Rhuddlan.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

Dundalk, then the principal garrison within the Pale, had all the Englishry of the country assembled in force to defend it, when the Scots proceeded to the attack, 'with banners all displayit.'

From An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800 by Cusack, Mary Frances

The Catholic Englishry were angered by the Deputy's breach of faith.

From History of the English People, Volume V Puritan England, 1603-1660 by Green, John Richard

There was a third great rising of the Irishry against the Englishry, a rising not less formidable than the risings of 1641 and 1689.

From Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 3 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron

But the war cry of the Irishry had scarcely died away when the first faint murmurs of the Englishry began to be heard.

From The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 4 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron