Alfredian

adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Of, relating to, or characteristic of Alfred the Great or the period of his reign.

    "The division of the whole country into counties, the trial by jury, the establishment of county courts and the creation of justices of the peace, are all Alfredian institutions."

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"The division of the whole country into counties, the trial by jury, the establishment of county courts and the creation of justices of the peace, are all Alfredian institutions."

Etymology

From Alfred + -ian.

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