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

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Example Sentences

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Englishry

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

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 Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay

It was comprised in one word, which, as Clarendon tells us, was often in the mouths of the Englishry of that time.

From Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 4 by Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay

The task of quieting the Englishry of Ulster was intrusted to William Stewart, Viscount Mountjoy.

From The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 3 by Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay

Though four fifths of the population of Ireland were Celtic and Roman Catholic, more than four fifths of the property of Ireland belonged to the Protestant Englishry.

From The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 3 by Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay

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