FRANKPLEDGE

Meaning of FRANKPLEDGE in English

(n.) A pledge or surety for the good behavior of freemen, -- each freeman who was a member of an ancient decennary, tithing, or friborg, in England, being a pledge for the good conduct of the others, for the preservation of the public peace; a free surety.

Webster's English dictionary. Английский словарь Webster. 2012

FRANKPLEDGE — noun Etymology: Middle English frankeplegge, from Anglo-French francplege (probably translation of Middle English friborg peace pledge), from franc free + …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
FRANKPLEDGE — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: Middle English frankplegge, fraunkplegge, from Anglo-French fraunc plege (intended as translation of Middle English friborg, alteration — …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FRANKPLEDGE — (n.) The tithing itself.
Английский словарь Webster
FRANKPLEDGE — ( n. ) The tithing itself.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
FRANKPLEDGE — ( n. ) A pledge or surety for the good behavior of freemen, -- each freeman who was a member …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
FRANKPLEDGE — /frangk"plej'/ , n. Old Eng. Law. 1. a system of dividing a community into tithings or groups of ten men, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FRANKPLEDGE — noun Etymology: Middle English frankeplegge, from Anglo-French francplege (probably translation of Middle English friborg peace pledge), from franc free + …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FRANKPLEDGE — noun the tithing itself. 2. frankpledge ·noun a pledge or surety for the good behavior of freemen, each freeman …
Webster English vocab
FRANKPLEDGE — [frank.pledge] n [ME frankeplegge, fr. AF fraunc plege (prob. trans. of ME friborg peace pledge), fr. fraunc free (fr. OF …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FRANKPLEDGE — system in medieval England under which all but the greatest men and their households were bound together by mutual responsibility …
Britannica English vocabulary
FRANKPLEDGE — (юридическое) круговая порука
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
FRANKPLEDGE — n юр. круговая порука
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FRANKPLEDGE — (n) круговая порука
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
FRANKPLEDGE — n юр. круговая порука
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
FRANKPLEDGE — n юр. круговая порука
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FRANKPLEDGE — истор. 1) община 2) круговая порука (ответственность общины за преступление, совершённое её членом); солидарная ответственность членов десятины
Англо-Русский юридический словарь
FRANKPLEDGE — (юридическое) круговая порука
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
FRANKPLEDGE — Pronunciation: ' fra ŋ k- ˌ plej Function: noun Etymology: Middle English frankeplegge, from Anglo-French francplege (prob. translation of Middle …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
VIEW OF FRANKPLEDGE — Etymology: Middle English, translation of Anglo-French vewe de fraung plege : the gathering and inspection in the court leet at …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TITHING — I. noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English tething, tithing, from Old English tēothung, from tēothian to tithe, take one …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
THIRDBOROUGH — ˈthərdˌ ̷ ̷(ˌ) ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: Middle English thridborro, probably by folk etymology (influence of Middle English thirde, thridde, thrid third) from frithborg …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HEADBOROUGH — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷(ˌ) ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: Middle English hed borwe, from hed head + borwe pledge, tithing — more at borrow 1. : …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FRITHBORH — noun also frithborgh Etymology: Middle English frithborg, from (assumed) Old English frithborh, from frith peace + borh pledge; akin to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HEADBORROW — (n.) The chief of a frankpledge, tithing, or decennary, consisting of ten families; -- called also borsholder, boroughhead, boroughholder, and …
Английский словарь Webster
FRIBORGH — (n.) The pledge and tithing, afterwards called by the Normans frankpledge. See Frankpledge.
Английский словарь Webster
HEADBORROW — ( n. ) The chief of a frankpledge, tithing, or decennary, consisting of ten families; -- called also borsholder, boroughhead, …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
FRIBORGH — ( n. ) The pledge and tithing, afterwards called by the Normans frankpledge. See Frankpledge.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TITHING — /tuy"dhing/ , n. 1. a tithe. 2. a giving or an exacting of tithes. 3. a grouping of men, originally …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HEADBORROW — noun a petty constable. 2. headborrow ·noun the chief of a frankpledge, tithing, or decennary, consisting of ten families; …
Webster English vocab
FRIBORGH — noun the pledge and tithing, afterwards called by the normans frankpledge. ·see frankpledge.
Webster English vocab
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Britannica English vocabulary
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