Usually means: Jurisdictional area of a sheriff.
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We found 14 dictionaries that define the word sheriffdom:

General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. sheriffdom: Merriam-Webster
  2. sheriffdom: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. sheriffdom: Collins English Dictionary
  4. sheriffdom: Wordnik
  5. sheriffdom: Wiktionary
  6. sheriffdom: Dictionary.com
  7. Sheriffdom: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. Sheriffdom: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  9. Sheriffdom: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  10. sheriffdom: FreeDictionary.org
  11. Sheriffdom: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. sheriffdom: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. Sheriffdom: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Sheriffdom: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (sheriffdom)

▸ noun:  The regions in which a sheriff has authority.
▸ noun:  The office, or period of office, of a sheriff.

Similar:
sheriffry, sheriffalty, sheriffship, sheriffhood, shrievalty, undersheriffship, sheriff officer, undersheriffwick, sheriff clerk, sherriff, more...

Opposite:
outlawry, lawlessness, anarchy

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Similar:
sheriffry, sheriffalty, sheriffship, sheriffhood, shrievalty, undersheriffship, sheriff officer, undersheriffwick, sheriff clerk, sherriff, more...

Opposite:
outlawry, lawlessness, anarchy



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