Other Word Forms
- nonoutlawry noun
Etymology
Origin of outlawry
1350–1400; Middle English outlauerie < Anglo-French utlagerie, Medieval Latin utlagāria < Middle English outlage outlaw + Anglo-French -erie -ry, Medieval Latin -āria -ary
Example Sentences
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She went on, “Cheyenne, far from being a wild town of border outlawry, is a center of refined elegance and fashion.”
From New York Times
He knew what confronted him if he attacked these—outlawry, excommunication from official society, the loss of his whole social position.
From Project Gutenberg
When these writers speak of outlawry, they mean exile from England; and Hakon was no longer an English resident.
From Project Gutenberg
He appended his signature to the decree of outlawry launched in 1815 by the European powers against Napoleon.
From Project Gutenberg
It was the period of turbulence and anarchy succeeding the outlawry of Henry the Lion which gave an impulse to the building or enlarging of towns in the north of Germany.
From Project Gutenberg
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