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soke.

A soc (a medieval right to hold a court or to receive fines).

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Meaning & usage

noun/soʊk/US/səʊk/UK
  1. A soc (a medieval right to hold a court or to receive fines).

    England · historical
  2. A district under a particular jurisdiction.

    England · historical
Where this word comes from

From Middle English soke, from Medieval Latin (Anglo-Latin) sōca "right of jurisdiction", from Old English sōcn (“jurisdiction, prosecution”, literally “act of seeking”), from Proto-West Germanic *sōkni, from Proto-Germanic *sōkniz (“seeking, inquiry”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂g- (“to track”). Cognates: see English soken. More at sake, seek.

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