Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The office, duties, or jurisdiction of a warden.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The district in charge of a warden.
- noun The office of warden.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The office or jurisdiction of a warden.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
office orjurisdiction of awarden ;wardenship .
Etymologies
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Examples
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She sent for him directly, received him with greater favor than ever, allowed him after the interview to lead her out by the hand, which seemed to his brother and the secretary nothing less than a miracle; and what was more, granted him five hundred pounds immediately, a patent of the wardenry of the east marches, and a renewal of his grant of Norham-castle.
Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth Lucy Aikin 1822
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The latter prevented his danger a. d.isSs. by appearing at court, and difproving the charge brought againft him; upon which he was honourably difmified, upon his promifing to fuflFer nothing to be done in his wardenry, prejudicial to the proteftant religion.
A General History of Scotland from the Earliest Accounts to the Present Time 1768
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