Word Meanings - ALDERMANLY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Pertaining to, or like, an alderman.

ALDERMANSHIP
The condition, position, or office of an alderman. Fabyan.
ALDERMANIC
Relating to, becoming to, or like, an alderman; characteristic of an alderman.
PERTAIN
stretch out, reach, pertain; per + tenere to hold, keep. See Per-, 1. To belong; to have connection with, or dependence on, something, as an appurtenance, attribute, etc.; to appertain; as, saltness pertains to the ocean; flowers pertain to plant
ALDERMANLIKE
Like or suited to an alderman.
ALDERMANRY
1. The district or ward of an alderman. 2. The office or rank of an alderman. B. Jonson.
ALDERMANLY
Pertaining to, or like, an alderman.
ALDERMANITY
1. Aldermen collectively; the body of aldermen. 2. The state of being an alderman.
ALDERMAN
1. A senior or superior; a person of rank or dignity. Note: The title was applied, among the Anglo-Saxons, to princes, dukes, earls, senators, and presiding magistrates; also to archbishops and bishops, implying superior wisdom or authority. Thus
ALDERMANCY
The office of an alderman.
EALDERMAN; EALDORMAN
An alderman.
APPERTAIN
To belong or pertain, whether by right, nature, appointment, or custom; to relate. Things appertaining to this life. Hooker. Give it unto him to whom it appertaineth. Lev. vi. 5. (more info) appartenir, fr. L. appertinere; ad + pertinere to reach