‖ mayory Obs.
Also 7 -ery.
[f. mayor + -y, after F. mairie, Du. meierij.]
The district over which a mayor (Dutch or Swiss) has jurisdiction.
| 1679 Lond. Gaz. No. 1393/3 The French..are resolved to exact the Contributions they demand from the Mayery of Bolduc. 1705 Ibid. No. 4146/3 The Enemy's Parties..infest the Mayory of Boisleduc. 1796 Morse Amer. Geog. II. 322 This republic [Neuchâtel] is divided into four chatellanies, and 15 mayories. |