Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
forest court , under court.
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Examples
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I have been promoted to be peer-spiritual of your forest-court.
Maid Marian Thomas Love Peacock 1825
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"This is my hermitage, in which I first took refuge when I escaped from my beloved brethren of Rubygill; and to which I still retreat at times from the vanities of the world, which else might cling to me too closely, since I have been promoted to be peer-spiritual of your forest-court.
Maid Marian 1822
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