escheterie
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Middle English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Anglo-Norman escheterie; corresponding to escheten + -erie.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
escheterie (uncountable)
- (rare) The medieval English governmental office that recorded escheated property; the escheatery.
Descendants[edit]
- → English: escheatery (calque)
References[edit]
- “eschēterīe, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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- Middle English terms borrowed from Anglo-Norman
- Middle English terms derived from Anglo-Norman
- Middle English terms suffixed with -erie
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- Middle English rare terms
- enm:Feudalism
- enm:Government
- enm:Offices
- enm:Property law