Definitions
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 athane hasjurisdiction .
Etymologies
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thane + -age
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Examples
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"thanage"; the Celtic king (_righ_) of the tribe became the thane; the province or group of tribes (say Moray) became the earldom; the Celtic
A Short History of Scotland Andrew Lang 1878
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(B) the differentiation made by such action is based upon reasonable factors other thanage.
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B the differentiation made by such action is based upon reasonable factors other thanage.
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trivet commented on the word thanage
1. The rank, jurisdiction, or office of a thane.
2. The land held by a thane.
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November 21, 2008