Terms vs Atheldom - What's the difference?
terms | atheldom |
(rare) The state or condition of being athel or noble; nobility.
* 1996 , Andrew Phillips, The rebirth of England and English :
As nouns the difference between terms and atheldom
is that terms is while atheldom is (rare) the state or condition of being athel or noble; nobility.atheldom
English
Alternative forms
* etheldomNoun
(en noun)- In wishing for an enlightened squirearchy, what Barnes really wanted was the restoration of the patriarchal 'atheldom' or nobility of Saxon 'folk' England - that which had perished at the Battle of Hastings, [...]
