"Normanism" is a word in ENGLISH

normanism ENGLISH
Definition:

A Norman idiom; a custom or expression peculiar to the
Normans.

Few words of positivity

The values we rightly associate with the modern age - the "liberty, equality, and fraternity" of the French revolution - are all endangered today not by the dead hand of tradition but by modernity itself, and they can be salvaged only by moving beyond it.

Harvey Cox, Religion in the Secular City: Toward a Postmodern Theology

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Manager: Twenty teams in the league and you lot finish bottom ?Captain: Well, it could have been worse.Manager: How ?Captain: There could have been more teams in the league !

Aielesse LAW AND LEGAL

A Norman French term slg-nlfylng “grandmother." Kelhanu

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anglo-saxon ENGLISH

The Teutonic people (Angles, Saxons, Jutes) of England, or the English people, collectively, before the Norman Conquest.

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beakhead ENGLISH

An ornament used in rich Norman doorways, resembling a head with a beak.

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billet ENGLISH

An ornament in Norman work, resembling a billet of wood either square or round.

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byzantine ENGLISH

A native or inhabitant of Byzantium, now Constantinople; sometimes, applied to an inhabitant of the modern city of Constantinople. C …

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Catalla LAW AND LEGAL

In old English Law. Chattels. The word among the Normans prlma-rlly signified only beasts of husbandry, or, as they are …

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Chefe LAW AND LEGAL

In Anglo-Norman law. Were or weregild; the price of the head or person, (capitis pretium

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chevron ENGLISH

A zigzag molding, or group of moldings, common in Norman architecture.

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customary ENGLISH

A book containing laws and usages, or customs; as, the Customary of the Normans.

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Eyre LAW AND LEGAL

Justices in eyre were judges corn-missioned in Anglo-Norman times in Eng-land to travel systematically through the

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Fitz LAW AND LEGAL

A Norman word, meaning “son.** It is used ln law and genealogy; as Fitsher-bert, the son of Herbert; Fitzjames, the …

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friborgh ENGLISH

The pledge and tithing, afterwards called by the Normans frankpledge. See Frankpledge.

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Gonquereur LAW AND LEGAL

In Norman and old English law. The first purchaser of an es-tate; he who first brought an estate into his …

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Haro, Harron LAW AND LEGAL

Fr. In Norman and early English law. An outcry, or hue and cry after felons and malefactors. Cowell

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harrow ENGLISH

Help! Halloo! An exclamation of distress; a call for succor;-the ancient Norman hue and cry.

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Hostler LAW AND LEGAL

In Norman and old English law, this was the tltle of the officer in a monastery charged with the entertainment …

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Mese LAW AND LEGAL

E, or MESE. Norman-French for a house. IAtt. t§ 74, 251

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moneyage ENGLISH

A tax paid to the first two Norman kings of England to prevent them from debashing the coin.

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Monya LAW AND LEGAL

In Norman law. Moneyage. A tax or tribute of one shilling on every hearth, payable to the duke every three …

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norman ENGLISH

A wooden bar, or iron pin.

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