soke

• soc, sock

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-Germanic *sōkniz (“seeking, inquiry”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂g- (“to track”). Cognates: see English soken. More at sake, seek.

• Rhymes: -əʊk

soke (plural sokes)

1. (obsolete) Any of several medieval rights, either to hold a court, or to receive fines.
2. (obsolete) A district under a particular jurisdiction.

• Soke of Peterborough

• socage
• sokeland
• sokeman
• soken

• EKOs, Keos, okes, skeo