"soke" meaning in English

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "sake and soke"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Soke of Peterborough"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "soke"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English soke",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ML.",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Medieval Latin",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "sōcn",
        "4": "",
        "5": "jurisdiction, prosecution",
        "lit": "act of seeking"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English sōcn (“jurisdiction, prosecution”, literally “act of seeking”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*sōkni"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *sōkni",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*sōkniz",
        "4": "",
        "5": "seeking, inquiry"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *sōkniz (“seeking, inquiry”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*seh₂g-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to track"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *seh₂g- (“to track”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "soken"
      },
      "expansion": "English soken",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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-West Germanic *sōkni, from Proto-Germanic *sōkniz (“seeking, inquiry”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂g- (“to track”).\nCognates: see English soken. More at sake, seek.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sokes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "soke (plural sokes)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "socage"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "sokeland"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "sokeman"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "soken"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Law",
          "orig": "en:Law",
          "parents": [
            "Justice",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "51 49",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "45 43 6 6 0 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "47 44 4 4 0 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A soc (a medieval right to hold a court or to receive fines)."
      ],
      "id": "en-soke-en-noun-WdHw4G3V",
      "links": [
        [
          "law",
          "law#English"
        ],
        [
          "soc",
          "soc"
        ],
        [
          "court",
          "court#English"
        ],
        [
          "fine",
          "fine#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(England, law, historical) A soc (a medieval right to hold a court or to receive fines)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "England",
        "historical"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "law"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "51 49",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "45 43 6 6 0 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "47 44 4 4 0 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A district under a particular jurisdiction."
      ],
      "id": "en-soke-en-noun-icnHtoOG",
      "links": [
        [
          "district",
          "district"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(England, historical) A district under a particular jurisdiction."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "England",
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/soʊk/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/səʊk/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-əʊk"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "soak"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "soc"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "sock"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Soke (legal)"
  ],
  "word": "soke"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from Medieval Latin",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Old English",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "English terms with homophones",
    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:English/əʊk",
    "Rhymes:English/əʊk/1 syllable"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "sake and soke"
    },
    {
      "word": "Soke of Peterborough"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "soke"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English soke",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ML.",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Medieval Latin",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "sōcn",
        "4": "",
        "5": "jurisdiction, prosecution",
        "lit": "act of seeking"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English sōcn (“jurisdiction, prosecution”, literally “act of seeking”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*sōkni"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *sōkni",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*sōkniz",
        "4": "",
        "5": "seeking, inquiry"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *sōkniz (“seeking, inquiry”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*seh₂g-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to track"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *seh₂g- (“to track”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "soken"
      },
      "expansion": "English soken",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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-West Germanic *sōkni, from Proto-Germanic *sōkniz (“seeking, inquiry”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂g- (“to track”).\nCognates: see English soken. More at sake, seek.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sokes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "soke (plural sokes)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "socage"
    },
    {
      "word": "sokeland"
    },
    {
      "word": "sokeman"
    },
    {
      "word": "soken"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English English",
        "English terms with historical senses",
        "en:Law"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A soc (a medieval right to hold a court or to receive fines)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "law",
          "law#English"
        ],
        [
          "soc",
          "soc"
        ],
        [
          "court",
          "court#English"
        ],
        [
          "fine",
          "fine#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(England, law, historical) A soc (a medieval right to hold a court or to receive fines)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "England",
        "historical"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "law"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English English",
        "English terms with historical senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A district under a particular jurisdiction."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "district",
          "district"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(England, historical) A district under a particular jurisdiction."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "England",
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/soʊk/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/səʊk/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-əʊk"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "soak"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "soc"
    },
    {
      "word": "sock"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Soke (legal)"
  ],
  "word": "soke"
}