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sheriffalty

American

[sher-i-fuhl-tee] / ˈʃɛr ɪ fəl ti /

noun

shrievalty.

Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

sheriffalties

plural

Etymology

Origin of sheriffalty

1510–20; alteration of shrievalty by influence of sheriff

Example Sentences

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Thus the "sheriffalty" was extinguished, and mother and child took their seat beside me in the car.

From History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I by Stanton, Elizabeth Cady

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