aldermanate
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3VERB + ALDERMANATE
raised
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from
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noun
The office of an alderman; the municipal legislative body of a city or town.
As York was not divided into wards before the reign of Charles II, we must trace the existence of the aldermanate either to the ancient guild system, or to the combination of the merchant guild with the leet jury.
The actually existing municipalities in each city, borough, parish, or community, under the titles of hotels-dc-villc, mayoralties, aldermanates, consulates, and generally under any title or qualification whatsoever, are suppressed and abolished;
The members of the aldermanate, collectively.
The Lord Mayor and the aldermanate, who knew nothing about Finbar, were delighted to accept his generous offer.
This gave the army ample justification for its occupation of London in early August, which, as in 1642, was followed by a purge of the aldermanate.
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3As York was not divided into wards before the reign of Charles II, we must trace the existence of the aldermanate either to the ancient guild system, or to the combination of the merchant guild with t
WiktionaryThe actually existing municipalities in each city, borough, parish, or community, under the titles of hotels-dc-villc, mayoralties, aldermanates, consulates, and generally under any title or qualifica
WiktionaryOther fees were taken from new members of common councils, those who were raised to the aldermanate, and sometimes from those who resigned as councillors.
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