ˈreeveship
Forms: 1 ᵹeréfscipe, 3 refschipe, 7 reeveship.
[f. ᵹeréfa reeve n.1 + -ship.]
The office of a reeve.
| c 1000 ælfric Hom. II. 94 Ne heora nan ᵹerefscipe oððe mangunge ne drife, forðan ðe hi sind ᵹecorene of woruld⁓mannum to Godes teolungum. a 1225 Leg. Kath. 11 Maxence steorede þe refschipe in Rome. a 1225 Juliana 9 Se riche refschipe to rihten and to readen. 1631 Charter in Bingham Rep. V. 340 A grant by Charles I..of..the reeveship of Greetham and the bailiwick of Greetham. |