aldermanry en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈɔːldɚmənɹi/
- ôlʹdərmənri
- /ˈɒldɚmənɹi/
- ŏlʹdərmənri
Etymology
From alderman + -ry. Piecewise doublet of ealdormanry.
Meanings
-
(countable) A district of a borough having its own alderman; a ward.
The Auncient diuision of this Cittie, was into Wardes or Aldermanries: and therefore I will beginne at the East, and so proceede thorough the high and most principall streete of the cittie to the west after this manner.
1598–1603, John Stow, edited by Charles Lethbridge Kingsford, A Survey of London […] : Reprinted from the text of 1603, volume I, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, published 1908, page 117:
- (uncountable) The dignity or rank of an alderman.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| aldermanries | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (5)
la-med aldermannātus (district of a borough having its own alderman — see also ward) · fr échevinat (district of a borough having its own alderman — see also ward) · fr échevinage (district of a borough having its own alderman — see also ward) · la-med aldermannēria (district of a borough having its own alderman — see also ward) · la-med aldermannia (district of a borough having its own alderman — see also ward)