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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The rank, jurisdiction, or office of a thane.
  • noun The land held by a thane.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The district in which a thane anciently had jurisdiction; thanedom.

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  • noun historical The district in which a thane has jurisdiction.

Etymologies

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thane +‎ -age

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  • 1. The rank, jurisdiction, or office of a thane.

    2. The land held by a thane.

    The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition copyright ©2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.

    November 21, 2008