Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The office, dignity, or character of a thane.
- noun The collective body of thanes.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The character or dignity of a thane; also, thanes, collectively.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The character or rank of a
thane .
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
thane + -hood
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Examples
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“King Mithridates murdered the entire Galatian thanehood twenty years ago, which left our people without chieftains.
Fortune's Favorites McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1993
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