"Holyworkfolk" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: See halywercfolk. Head templates: {{en-noun|p}} Holyworkfolk pl (plural only)
  1. (medieval English law) Tenants who held land by the service of repairing or defending a church or monument and were therefore exempt from feudal and military duties; specifically, the caretakers of the body of St Cuthbert. Tags: plural, plural-only Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-Holyworkfolk-en-noun-nFyR-Zi5 Categories (other): Black's 1910, English entries with incorrect language header, English pluralia tantum, Pages with 1 entry
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          "text": "Record made before justices in eyre by elder men of the Holyworkfolk (Durham) and Northumberland of a sworn inquest held in the time of King Henry I concerning fishery rights in the Tyne",
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