sorehon

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UK/ˈsɔːhən/US/ˈsɔɹhən/

noun

A kind of servile tenure in Ireland which required the tenant to maintain his chieftain gratuitously whenever he wished to indulge in a revel.

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Meanings

nounsorehon (uncountable)
  1. IrelandhistoricaluncountableA kind of servile tenure in Ireland which required the tenant to maintain his chieftain gratuitously whenever he wished to indulge in a revel.

    Sorehon was a tax laide upon the free - holders , for certaine dayes in each quarter of a yeare , to finde victualls , and lodging , and to pay certaine stipends to the kerne

    1596 (date written; published 1633), Edmund Spenser, A Vewe of the Present State of Irelande […], Dublin: […] Societie of Stationers, […], →OCLC; republished as A View of the State of Ireland […] (Ancient Irish Histories), Dublin: […] Society of Stationers, […] Hibernia Press, […] [b]y John Morrison, 1809, →OCLC

Origin

Corrupted from sojourn, Scots soirne, sorn.

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APA

sorehon. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sorehon

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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