squiredomn.
/ˈskwʌɪədəm/, U.S. /ˈskwaɪ(ə)rdəm/ 1. The dignity, position, or status of a squire.
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society > society and the community > social class > nobility > aristocracy or upper class > gentry > [noun] > squire or laird > state of being a squire
squireship1614
squiredom1650
squirehooda1680
squirism1819
squirearchy1854
squiralty1888
1650 N. Ward Discolliminium 34 The utmost title we must now expect, is a Gentleman; it may be if we straine hard, we may hap to vent a few Squiredomes.
1838 E. Bulwer-Lytton Alice II. iv. x. 56 I suppose you have been enjoying the sweet business of squiredom.
1842 E. FitzGerald Lett. (1889) I. 88 I always direct to you as ‘Mr. Barton’ because I know not if Quakers ought to endure Squiredom.
1897 H. Tennyson Alfred Lord Tennyson I. v. 138 His son Charles Tennyson d'Eyncourt pressed to be installed in the squiredom.
2. The body of squires; squires collectively.
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society > society and the community > social class > nobility > aristocracy or upper class > gentry > [noun] > squire or laird > body of squires
squirality1760
squirehood1792
squirearchy1796
squiredom1842
1842 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 51 147 Groves, pheasantries, pineries, and the other fine things of modern squiredom.
1847 Blackwood's Mag. 61 424 He never hunted..with the squiredom of the country.
1874 L. Carr Judith Gwynne I. i. 17 That tall..man..was an indubitable stranger, far removed from the ranks of ordinary squiredom.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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