What does chiefrie mean?
Chiefrie means (obsolete or historical) A small rent paid to the lord paramount..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(obsolete or historical) A small rent paid to the lord paramount..
There are a thousand instances of this all over England, in reserved rents applied to hospitals, in old chiefries, and even among the clergy themselves, in those payments which, I think, they call a modus.
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Chiefrie means (obsolete or historical) A small rent paid to the lord paramount..
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There are a thousand instances of this all over England, in reserved rents applied to hospitals, in old chiefries, and even among the clergy themselves, in those payments which, I think, they call a modus.
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