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soke
[ sohk ]
noun
- the privilege of holding court, usually connected with the feudal rights of lordship.
- a district over which local jurisdiction was exercised.
soke
/ səʊk /
noun
- the right to hold a local court
- the territory under the jurisdiction of a particular court
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Origin of soke1
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Example Sentences
If that didn't seem tew influense me, I would soke in cold water for 12 months.
In the meantime eight or ten men have gathered the amole and soke.
The free man is the freer if he has soke and sake, if he has jurisdiction over other men.
They could give and sell their land, but the soke and the commendation and the service would remain to the Saint.
These free men could sell or give their land, but the commendation and the soke and sake would remain to St Edmund.
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