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atheldom
atheldom
English
Alternative forms
- etheldom
Noun
atheldom (uncountable)
- (rare) The state or condition of being athel or noble; nobility.
- 1996, Andrew Phillips, The rebirth of England and English:
- In wishing for an enlightened squirearchy, what Barnes really wanted was the restoration of the patriarchal 'atheldom' or nobility of Saxon 'folk' England - that which had perished at the Battle of Hastings, [...]
- 1996, Andrew Phillips, The rebirth of England and English: