grieveshipn.
/ˈɡriːvʃɪp/ A district under the charge of a grieve.
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sergeancy1371
limitation1535
commissionership1625
warnership1636
mairie1650
regency1656
grieveship1711
see land1732
residentship1800
banate1804
intendancy1810
field-cornetcy1826
inspectorate1883
1711 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1889) III. 138 Clifton, a free Grieveship, within the Maner of Coningsbrough.
1883 Longman's Mag. Apr. 646 The sheriff, or highest county official, is really the shire grieve; and the county is a grieveship.
1897 J. Hodgson Hist. Northumbld. IV. 76 The grieveships, which are now seven in number, are in almost all respects similar to the townships of other parishes.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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