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Webster 1913 Edition

-ric

-ric

.
[AS
rīce
kingdom, dominion. See
Rich
.]
A suffix signifying dominion, jurisdiction;
as, bishop
ric
, the district over which a bishop exercises authority
.

Definition 2024

-ric

-ric

See also: ric, RIC, Ric, rič, and riç

English

Suffix

-ric

  1. (no longer productive) A termination denoting jurisdiction, or a district over which government is exercised.
    bishopric
    archbishopric

Derived terms

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Etymology

From Middle English -ricke (also -riche), from Old English -rīċe ‎(“-ric”), from rīċe ‎(“realm, domain, jurisdiction”), from Proto-Germanic *rīkiją ‎(“realm, power”). Cognate with Dutch -rijk, German -reich. More at riche.

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