soke
nounUS /soʊk/ · UK /səʊk/
Etymology 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.
1
Law England, Historical A soc (a medieval right to hold a court or to receive fines).
2
England, Historical A district under a particular jurisdiction.
- Derived terms
- sake and soke, Soke of Peterborough