wardenry

American  

[wawr-dn-ree] / ˈwɔr dn ri /

noun

• wardenries
  plural

1. the office, jurisdiction, or district of a warden.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• wardenries
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of wardenry

Middle English word dating back to 1325–75; see origin at warden, -ry

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

wardenry wardenries

By one of the revolutions, common in those days, Maxwell was soon after restored to the king's favour, in his turn, and obtained the wardenry of the west marches.

From Minstrelsy of the Scottish border, Volume 1 by Sir Walter Scott

In time of war he was captain-general within his own wardenry, and was invested with the power of calling musters of all the able-bodied men between the age of sixteen and sixty.

From Border Raids and Reivers by Robert Borland

He furnished his Government with a note of the “slaughters, stouthes, and reafes,” committed within his wardenry, which shows that the Scottish reivers were ever ready to make the most of their opportunities.

From Border Raids and Reivers by Robert Borland

The appointment of his experienced rival to the wardenry of the middle marches, about five or six years after the battle of Dryffe Sands, made the cup of bitterness overflow.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 15 by Various

But this work of “dauntoning the thieves” was also occasionally undertaken by the wardens with considerable heartiness, more especially when dealing with unfortunate culprits from the opposite wardenry.

From Border Raids and Reivers by Robert Borland

These incidents had all occurred in this March within a brief period, and may be accepted as an illustration of what was going on almost every day in the year within the respective wardenries.

From Border Raids and Reivers by Robert Borland

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