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Webster 1913 Edition

Soc

Soc

(sŏk)
,
Noun.
[AS.
sōc
the power of holding court, sway, domain, properly, the right of investigating or seeking; akin to E.
sake
,
seek
.
Sake
,
Seek
, and cf.
Sac
, and
Soke
.]
[Written also
sock
, and
soke
.]
1.
(O. Eng. Law)
(a)
The lord’s power or privilege of holding a court in a district, as in manor or lordship; jurisdiction of causes, and the limits of that jurisdiction.
(b)
Liberty or privilege of tenants excused from customary burdens.
2.
An exclusive privilege formerly claimed by millers of grinding all the corn used within the manor or township which the mill stands.
[Eng.]
Soc and sac
(O. Eng. Law)
,
the full right of administering justice in a manor or lordship.

Webster 1828 Edition

Soc

SOC

,
Noun.
[L. sequor.]
1.
Properly, the sequela, secta or suit, or the body of suitors; hence, the power or privilege of holding a court in a district, as in a manor; jurisdiction of causes, and the limits of that jurisdiction.
2.
Liberty or privilege of tenants excused from customary burdens.
3.
An exclusive privilege claimed by millers of grinding all the corn used within the manor or township in which the mill stands.

Definition 2024

Soc

Soc

English

Noun

Soc ‎(plural Socs)

  1. Alternative spelling of soc upper class youth.

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soc

See also: Appendix:Variations of "soc"

English

Noun

soc ‎(plural socs)

  1. (slang, uncountable) Sociology or social science.
  2. (slang, countable) Upper class youth.
    • 1967, S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders, page 2:
      We get jumped by the Socs. I'm not sure how you spell it, but it's the abbreviation for the Socials, the jet set, the West-side rich kids.
Alternative forms

Etymology 2

From Middle English soke, sok, soc, from Old English sōcn, from Proto-Germanic *sōkniz.

Alternative forms

Noun

soc

  1. (Britain, law, obsolete) The lord's power or privilege of holding a court in a district, as in manor or lordship; jurisdiction of causes, and the limits of that jurisdiction.
  2. (Britain, obsolete) Liberty or privilege of tenants excused from customary burdens.
  3. (Britain, obsolete) An exclusive privilege formerly claimed by millers of grinding all the corn used within the manor or township in which the mill stands.
Derived terms

Anagrams

French

Etymology

From Latin soccus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɔk/

Noun

soc m ‎(plural socs)

  1. plowshare
  2. (butchery) Boston butt

Anagrams

Lojban

Rafsi

soc

  1. rafsi of sorcu.

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sukkaz, whence also Old English socc, Old Norse sokkr, from Latin soccus

Noun

soc m

  1. sock

Descendants

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin sabūcus, variant of sambūcus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sok/
  • Rhymes: -ok

Noun

soc m ‎(plural soci)

  1. elder (plant)

Declension

Derived terms

  • socată

Etymology

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /soʊʃ/

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