Definition of Sokes

1. soke [n] - See also: soke

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sokes

sojournments
sojourns
soju
sokah
sokahs
sokaiya
sokaiyas
soke
sokeman
sokemanries
sokemanry
sokemans
sokemen
soken
sokens
sokes (current term)
soko
sokol
sokols
sokosho
sokubiotoshi
sol-fa
sol gel transformation
sola
sola gratia
sola topee
sola topi
solace
solaced

Literary usage of Sokes

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

1. The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland [1807-1868/69] by Great Britain, George Kettilby Rickards (1824)
"An Act to enable Justices of the Peace for Ridings, Division or sokes, to act as Trustees for repairing and maintain^ Turnpike Roads. [17th June 1824. ..."

2. History of Europe During the Middle Ages by Henry Hallam (1899)
"Landholders, secular and ecclesiastical, possessed their exclusive sokes, ... These sokes gave way so gradually before the power of the citizens, with whom, ..."

3. The Domesday Inquest by Adolphus Ballard (1906)
"1130), "And the churches and barons and citizens shall hold and have peaceably their sokes with all their customs, so that strangers who are entertained in ..."

4. Commentaries on the History, Constitution, and Chartered Franchises of the by George Norton (1869)
"i The city and county sokes had, in truth, the same origin, and were governed and regulated on the same principles: they were both districts originally held ..."

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