Eneclann
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Eneclann is a noun meaning (Ireland, historical) The honour price ascribed to an individual as a measure of his/her status, recorded in the early Irish Law tracts. It had to be paid for any major offence committed against an individual, e.g. murder, satire, serious injury, refusal of hospitality, theft, violation of protection, etc.
Meaning
(Ireland, historical) The honour price ascribed to an individual as a measure of his/her status, recorded in the early Irish Law tracts. It had to be paid for any major offence committed against an individual, e.g. murder, satire, serious injury, refusal of hospitality, theft, violation of protection, etc.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include chiefery, aenach, archlector, erenach, oenach, ascendancy.
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