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thane⋅ship

  [theyn-ship]
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–noun
thanage.
Origin:
1760–70; thane + -ship; in reference to English history repr. OE theg(e)nscipe
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thane   (thān)   
n.  

    1. A freeman granted land by the king in return for military service in Anglo-Saxon England.

    2. A man ranking above an ordinary freeman and below a nobleman in Anglo-Saxon England.

  2. A feudal lord or baron in Scotland.


[Middle English, from Old English thegn; see tek- in Indo-European roots.]
thane'ship' n.
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