ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Trithing

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Trithing is a noun meaning (historical) a riding (one of three ancient divisions of a county in England).

Meaning

(historical) a riding (one of three ancient divisions of a county in England).

Example Sentences

Where a county is divided into three of these intermediate jurisdictions, they are called trithings, which were antiently governed by a trithing-reeve. These trithings still subsist in the large county of York, where by an easy corruption they are denominated ridings; the north, the east, and the west-riding.

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Related Words

Related dictionary entries include triding, trithing-reeve, thirding, thirdborough, tithing, decime.

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