Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chiefrie

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: chiefrie
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A small rent paid to the lord paramount.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"There are a thousand instances of this all over England, in reserved rents applied to hospitals, in old chiefries, and even among the clergy themselves, in those payments which, I think, they call a modus."

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

chiefries (plural)

Questions

What does chiefrie mean?: A small rent paid to the lord paramount.

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