† church-soken Obs. exc. Hist.
[see soken.]
The territory of a church; inhabitants of this district.
| a 1000 Laws Ine §5 Thorpe I. 104 (Bosw.) Be ciric-socn. c 1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 89 Dominica Palmarum, Þat ech chirchsocne goð þis dai a procession. 1875 Stubbs Const. Hist. I. xi. 407 London appears to have been a collection of..manors, parishes, church-sokens. |