单词 | wardenry |
释义 | wardenryn. 1. The office or position of warden. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > holder of office > public officials > [noun] > warden > position of wardenryc1420 custodery?c1430 custody1463 wardenship1464 custosship1600 wardency1845 c1420 Wyntoun Cron. viii. xxx. 5036 Mony dedis worthi, Þat he did in his wardanry. 1434 in H. Nicolas Proc. & Ordinances Privy Council (1835) IV. 270 Commissions to be maade to þerle of Sarum of boþe wardeneryes. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) viii. 362 He gaf vp thar his vardanry [1489 Adv. wardenry]. 1546 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1877) 1st Ser. I. 28 The office of wardannre of the West Marchis. a1639 J. Spottiswood Hist. Church Scotl. (1677) v. 279 The first had been lately dispatched from his office of Wardenry in the West Marches. 1828 W. Scott Tales of Grandfather 1st Ser. III. i. 12 He..during his absence, committed the wardenry of the Scottish frontiers to a brave French knight. 2. The jurisdiction of, or district under the care of, a Warden of the Marches. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal power > [noun] > extent or range of jurisdiction > a district > under specific jurisdiction sheriffdom1385 wardenry1462 the verge (of the court)1529 sheriffwick1535 circuit1574 territoryc1626 Home Circuit1664 hundred-court1671 byrlaw1850 1462–3 in J. Raine Hist. Dunelmensis Scriptores Tres (1839) App. p. cccxlvii Every place within our wardenry. 1569 Hunsdon in E. Lodge Illustr. Brit. Hist. (1791) II. 32 She must sende a good companie, more then either her Wardenries or the garrison of this towne will yelde. 1587 Sc. Acts Jas. VI (1814) III. 459/1 Quhilkis iustices..salbe ressauit..be þe wardanis within þe wardanries. 1590 Hunsdon Let. to Marshal of Berwick in Archaeologia 30 172 Least they, hearing of it, being within the wardonrie [printed wardourie] should fly upon it. 1805 W. Scott Lay of Last Minstrel iv. xxi. 111 They may not tamely see, All through the western wardenry, Your law-contemning kinsmen ride. 3. The official residence of a warden. rare. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > official residence > [noun] > of people in specific employment almonry1440 ferry house1595 prefecture1802 station house1805 pilothouse1812 lodging1826 schoolhouse1842 wardenry1859 adviserate1938 1859 J. Payn Foster Brothers vi. 75 The Wardenry was a fine stone building occupying the entire side of a huge square court. 4. Guardianship. nonce-uses. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > [noun] > keeping or custody yemselc1175 witing?c1225 yeminga1325 depose1393 baila1400 wardenshipa1400 guard1426 awarda1450 custodyc1450 credence1526 safe custody1536 credit1537 warding1548 guarding1551 guardiance1560 guardance1591 guardagea1616 guardship1629 wardship1631 guardianship1646 guardiancy1864 wardenry1906 1906 T. Hardy Dynasts: Pt. 2nd i. iii. 19 Still professing our safe wardenry, To fatten other kingdoms at our cost. 1910 T. Hardy Dynasts (rev. ed.) i. vi. viii. 135 He wills the wardenry of his affairs To his old friend the Bishop. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.c1420 |
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