sheriffalty
Americannoun
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Noun Inflected Forms
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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