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Definition of Sorehon
1. n. Formerly, in Ireland, a kind of servile tenure which subjected the tenant to maintain his chieftain gratuitously whenever he wished to indulge in a revel.
Definition of Sorehon
1. a lords exaction of free accommodation from a tenant [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sorehon
Literary usage of Sorehon
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Collection of Tracts and Treatises Illustrative of the Natural History by James Hewitt Lifford (1860)
"... Livery, sorehon, and such like, by which they ... sorehon was a tas laide upon
the free-holders, for certaine dayes in each quarter of a yeare, ..."
2. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: To which is Prefixed, a by John Jamieson (1879)
"... as to the etymon given above, arises from the use of the word sorehon (also
written ... Livery, sorehon, and auch like, by which they pule and utterly ..."
3. A Supplement to the Imperial Dictionary, English, Technological, and by John Ogilvie (1855)
"See sorehon. SORN, ri To obtrude one's self on another for bed and board. [Scotch.]
SOR'RY, a. [add.] Mournful; sad. [Shah.] SORN'ING,ppr. ..."
4. Dictionary of English Language Exhibiting Orthography, Pronunciation and by Arnold James Cooley (1861)
"sorehon, eore'-hon, somit, s. A tenure wh. subj. the tenant to supply his chieftain
with bed, board, &c., whenever he wished to indulge himself in a ..."
5. The Historic Note-book: With an Appendix of Battles by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1891)
"In Scotch w is one » ho tak<.» im'at and drink from other« от force or threats.
Born or sorehon wan an arbitrary exaction or servile tenure In Scotland and ..."
6. Dictionary of Obsolete and Provincial English: Containing Words from the by Thomas Wright (1904)
"sorehon, 1». An uninvited visit SORN, J from whicli one cannot get rid. SORELL, ».
A buck in its third year. SORELY, adv. Surely. Naif. SORE-STILL, adj. ..."
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