sheriffalty

[ sher-i-fuhl-tee ]

noun

, plural sher·iff·al·ties.

1. shrievalty.

Word History and Origins

Origin of sheriffalty¹

1510–20; alteration of shrievalty by influence of sheriff

Example Sentences

Thomas Crop.—Constable of the Borough and an aspirant to the Sheriffalty.

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There are not any Gypsies who have a permanent residence in that Sheriffalty. 

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Thus the "sheriffalty" was extinguished, and mother and child took their seat beside me in the car.

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The session of the Circuit Court in the "——— year of the Commonwealth," as the writs ran, and "in the sixteenth year of Aleck Thompson's Sheriffalty," as that official used to say, was more than usually important.

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Scarcely had Mr. Woodroffe's sheriffalty expired a week, when he was struck with a paralytic affection, and languished a few days in the most pitiable and helpless condition, presenting a striking contrast to his former activity in the cause of blood.

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