shrievalty
Americannoun
plural
shrievaltiesnoun
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the office or term of office of a sheriff
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the jurisdiction of a sheriff
Etymology
Origin of shrievalty
1495–1505; shrieve 1 + -alty, as in mayoralty
Example Sentences
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In 1922 Stephen Killik, then neither knight nor Alderman, beat the Aldermanic candidate for the shrievalty.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the next month he was recommended in a letter from Queen Elizabeth for the shrievalty of the county of Cork.
From Among My Books Second Series by Lowell, James Russell
In the first row stood Monceux, in all the pomp of his shrievalty, with his councilmen and aldermen.
From Robin Hood by Wyeth, N. C. (Newell Convers)
The concession made by the king's grandfather had been ignored by Stephen and the empress Matilda, each of whom in turn had granted the shrievalty of London and Middlesex to the Earl of Essex.
From London and the Kingdom - Volume I by Sharpe, Reginald R. (Reginald Robinson)
At the end of three years I intend to resign my place in your favour, and when you have once obtained the shrievalty you can aspire to any thing.
From The Village Notary by E?tv?s, J?zsef
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