soc
/soʊʃ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.32 in modern English
5
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The lord's power or privilege of holding a court in a district, as in manor or lordship; jurisdiction of causes, and the limits of that jurisdiction.
British usage; Uncountable
noun
An exclusive privilege formerly claimed by millers of grinding all the corn used within the manor or township in which the mill stands.
British usage; Obsolete; Uncountable
noun
Alternative spelling of soc (“upper class youth”).
Example Sentences
- "We get jumped by the Socs. I'm not sure how you spell it, but it's the abbreviation for the Socials, the jet set, the West-side rich kids."
- "Are you part of any socs this year?"
- "As proprietors of the soc, the lords claimed a great number of fees and perquisites, payable by all classes of people, whether free or servile, who negotiated any affairs within the soc, and which no doubt formed in themselves a considerable source of revenue."
- "Doubts have recently been cast upon Maitland's view that the Anglo-Saxon "sac and soc" included the right to hold a petty court, to compel tenants to attend it, and to take profits from it."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /soʊʃ/
- British English: /səʊʃ/
Usage
- Slang
- Uncountable
- Countable
- British usage
- Obsolete