hundredary
(ˈhʌndrədərɪ)
[ad. med.L. hundredārius: see next and -ary.]
= hundreder 1.
1700 Sir H. Chauncy Hertfords. (1826) I. 15 The Chief of them [Freemen] were Sheriffs, Hundredaries, and other Judges and Ministerial Officers in their several Counties. 1818 Hallam Mid. Ages (1872) I. ii. ii. §5. 238 Next in order was the Centenarius or Hundredary, whose name expresses the extent of his jurisdiction. 1850 Fraser's Mag. XLI. 343 Every county had still its shire-mote, every hundred its hundredary, every tything and parish its wardens. |