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Definition of Ealdormen
1. ealdorman [n] - See also: ealdorman
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ealdormen
Literary usage of Ealdormen
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the Norman Conquest of England: Its Causes and Its Results by Edward Augustus Freeman (1877)
"... by the union of the districts of several ealdormen. It is probable too that
the King was distinguished by some religious sanction of heathen times, ..."
2. A Student's Manual of English Constitutional History by Dudley Julius Medley (1902)
"The ealdormen were the greatest class of early English dignitaries ... Indeed,
there were probably never more than seven ealdormen in England at a time. ..."
3. A Students History of England from the Earliest Times to the Death of Queen by Samuel Rawson Gardiner (1908)
"The ealdormen and the Witenagemot.—During the long fight with the Danes commanders
were needed who could lead the forces of more ..."
4. A History of England Under the Anglo-Saxon Kings by Johann Martin Lappenberg (1845)
"Bishops, abbots, ealdormen and other persons of rank flocked to Southampton,
where Cnut was staying, for the purpose of releasing themselves before him, ..."
5. The Law of the Office and Duties of the Sheriff: With the Writs and Forms by Cameron Churchill (1882)
"During the period of the so-called Heptarchy some of the petty princes were
designated kings, whilst others reigned as ealdormen, so that at one period it ..."
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