Englishry
Meanings
noun
- Those people living in Ireland or in Wales who are of English descent (chiefly with definite article).
noun
- Englishness.
- The state or privilege of being an Englishman.
- In medieval Britain, the part of a lordship or other domain inhabited by English people and governed according to English law.
Pronunciation
Word forms
Etymology
From English + -ry, in legal senses after Anglo-Norman englescherie, englecherie. Compare Late Latin Anglescheria, Englescheria (“the state of being English”).
Derived words
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