Aldermanate
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Aldermanate is a noun meaning The office of an alderman; the municipal legislative body of a city or town.
Meaning
The office of an alderman; the municipal legislative body of a city or town.
More Meanings
- The members of the aldermanate, collectively.
Example Sentences
The Lord Mayor and the aldermanate, who knew nothing about Finbar, were delighted to accept his generous offer.
This gave the army ample justification for its occupation of London in early August, which, as in 1642, was followed by a purge of the aldermanate.
Other fees were taken from new members of common councils, those who were raised to the aldermanate, and sometimes from those who resigned as councillors.
As York was not divided into wards before the reign of Charles II, we must trace the existence of the aldermanate either to the ancient guild system, or to the combination of the merchant guild with the leet jury.
Word Forms
- aldermanates
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include alderman, aldermancy, aldermanship, alder, alderperson, aldermanry.
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