Definition of Shrieval

1. a. Of or pertaining to a sheriff.

Definition of Shrieval

1. Adjective. Relating to a sheriff. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Shrieval

1. pertaining to a sheriff [adj] - See also: sheriff

Lexicographical Neighbors of Shrieval

shrieker
shriekers
shriekfest
shriekfests
shriekier
shriekiest
shrieking
shrieking(a)
shriekingly
shriekings
shriekling
shrieklings
shrieks
shriekt
shrieky
shrieval (current term)
shrievalties
shrievalty
shrieve
shrieved
shrieves
shrieving
shrift
shriftfather
shrifts
shright
shrights
shrike
shriked
shrikelike

Literary usage of Shrieval

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Lives of the Right Hon. Francis North, Baron Guilford, Lord Keeper of by Roger North (1826)
"Applied to When all the forms of this shrieval instalment companies, were over, Mr. North received the honour of knighthood; which he would have declined, ..."

2. The Lives of the Right Hon. Francis North, Baron Guilford, Lord Keeper of by Roger North (1826)
"Applied to When all the forms of this shrieval instalment companies, were over, Mr. North received the honour of knighthood; which he would have declined, ..."

3. A Glossary of Liturgical and Ecclesiastical Terms by Frederick George Lee (1877)
"SEAL (shrieval). — The official seal of a sheriff, which first came into use in ... The earliest known example of a shrieval seal is one the matrix of which ..."

4. Commentaries on the History, Constitution, and Chartered Franchises of the by George Norton (1869)
"BOOK This privilege of a bailiff holding the shrieval authority over v_—^—> cities and towns, and of accounting for the demesne revenues arising therein at ..."

5. A Glossary of Liturgical and Ecclesiastical Terms by Frederick George Lee (1877)
"SEAL (shrieval). — The official seal of a sheriff, which first came into use in ... The earliest known example of a shrieval seal is one tho matrix of which ..."

6. A Glossary of Liturgical and Ecclesiastical Terms by Frederick George Lee (1877)
"SEAL (shrieval). — The official seal of a sheriff, which first came into use in ... The earliest known example of a shrieval seal is one the matrix of which ..."

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