chiefrie

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noun

A small rent paid to the lord paramount.

Scrabble 16
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Meanings

nounchiefrie (plural chiefries)

plural chiefries

  1. historicalobsoleteA small rent paid to the lord paramount.

    There are a thousand instances of this all over England, in reserved rents applied to hospitals, in old chiefries, and even among the clergy themselves, in those payments which, I think, they call a modus.

    May 24 1711, Jonathan Swift, The Examiner, Number 42
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APA

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MLA

“chiefrie.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chiefrie. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chiefrie,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chiefrie.

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