Etymology

From alderman +‎ -ryCategory:English terms suffixed with -ry#ALDERMANRY. Piecewise doublet of ealdormanryCategory:English piecewise doublets#ALDERMANRY.

Pronunciation

• enPR: ôlʹdərmənri, ŏlʹdərmənri, IPA^(key): /ˈɔːldɚmənɹi/, /ˈɒldɚmənɹi/Category:English 4-syllable words#ALDERMANRYCategory:English 4-syllable words#ALDERMANRYCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#ALDERMANRY

Noun

aldermanry (countable and uncountable, plural aldermanries)Category:English lemmas#ALDERMANRYCategory:English nouns#ALDERMANRYCategory:English uncountable nouns#ALDERMANRYCategory:English countable nouns#ALDERMANRYCategory:English countable nouns#ALDERMANRYCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#ALDERMANRYCategory:Pages with entries#ALDERMANRYCategory:Pages with 1 entry#ALDERMANRY

1. (countableCategory:English countable nouns#ALDERMANRY) A district of a borough having its own alderman; a ward.
   • 1598–1603, John Stow, edited by Charles Lethbridge Kingsford, A Survey of London […] : Reprinted from the text of 1603, volume I, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, published 1908, page 117:

     The Auncient diuision of this Cittie, was into Wardes or Aldermanries: and therefore I will beginne at the East, and so proceede thorough the high and most principall streete of the cittie to the west after this manner.

     Category:English terms with quotations#ALDERMANRY

2. (uncountableCategory:English uncountable nouns#ALDERMANRY) The dignity or rank of an alderman.

Further reading

• James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Aldermanry”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume I (A–B), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 212, column 2.

Anagrams

• Marylander