Englishry

== English == === Etymology === From English +‎ -ry, in legal senses after Anglo-Norman englescherie, englecherie. Compare Late Latin Anglescheria, Englescheria (“the state of being English”). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɪŋ(ɡ)lɪʃɹi/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈɪŋ(ɡ)lɪʃɹi/ Hyphenation: Eng‧lish‧ry === Noun === Englishry pl (plural only) (now historical) Those people living in Ireland or in Wales who are of English descent (chiefly with definite article). [from 15th c.] Coordinate term: Irishry === Noun === Englishry (countable and uncountable, plural Englishries) (uncountable) Englishness. [from 19th c.] (uncountable, law, now historical) The state or privilege of being an Englishman. [from 17th c.] (countable, historical) In medieval Britain, the part of a lordship or other domain inhabited by English people and governed according to English law. Coordinate terms: Welshry, Irishry ==== Derived terms ==== presentment of Englishry