Soke
//soʊk// noun
noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A soc (a medieval right to hold a court or to receive fines). England, historical
- 2 A district under a particular jurisdiction. England, historical
Etymology
From Middle English soke, from Medieval Latin (Anglo-Latin) sōca "right of jurisdiction", from Old English sōcn (“jurisdiction, prosecution”, literally “act of seeking”), from Proto-West Germanic *sōkni, from Proto-Germanic *sōkniz (“seeking, inquiry”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂g- (“to track”). Cognates: see English soken. More at sake, seek.
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