Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

soken

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.40 in modern English

Syllables
so-ken
IPA
9
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The ancient right (usually conferred by royalty) to hold a local court of justice and levy specific fees and fines.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The ancient right (usually conferred by royalty) to hold a local court of justice and levy specific fees and fines.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The area over which this right was established.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A place that is regularly frequented.

Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable

Etymology

From Middle English sookne, socne (“district held by a socage”), from Old English sōcn (“jurisdiction, prosecution, soke”, literally “act of seeking”), from Proto-West Germanic *sōkni, from Proto-Germanic *sōkniz (“seeking, inquiry”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂g-. Akin to Gothic 𐍃𐍉𐌺𐌽𐍃 (sōkns, “controversy”), Old English sacu (“legal case, dispute”), sēcan (“to seek”), Swedish socken (“parish”), Danish sogn (“parish”), Norwegian sokn (“parish”). More at sake, seek, soke. See also Medieval Latin sōca (“right of jurisdiction”), English soke.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: *seh₂g-, sookne, sōcn, *sōkni, *sōkniz

Usage

Inflected Forms

sokens (plural)

Phrases

Thorpe-le-Soken

Frequently Paired Words

soke sokeland

Synonyms

soke

Questions

What does soken mean?
The ancient right (usually conferred by royalty) to hold a local court of justice and levy specific fees and fines.
Where does soken come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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