shire
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1. shire - Noun
2. shire - Verb
3. Shire - Proper noun
Meaning
A portion of Great Britain originally under the supervision of an earl; a territorial division, usually identical with a county, but sometimes limited to a smaller district; as, Wiltshire, Yorkshire, Richmondshire, Hallamshire.
A division of a State, embracing several contiguous townships; a county.
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David Shire and I have been happily married for 21 years! We have a 12-year-old son. David is a genius. He writes the most magnificent music and he is a devoted and loving husband and father. I am so blessed!
12. We pray that no feodary within your shores shall be a counselor to any man in his office making, whereby the king may be truly served, so that a man being of good conscience may be yearly chosen to the same office by the commons of the same shire.
Aberdeen’s road running roots can be traced back to the late 19th Century with the establishment of the city’s first club, Shire Harriers, in 1889.
According to daily data released by DHHS, all recently reported active Covid-19 cases in the shire have now recovered.
Accessed 11 January 2012 The town was first represented in Parliament in 1536, when it was allocated one seat and the shire two further seats.
After a one-day respite, COVID-19 cases in the Australian state of Victoria rose again, prompting a move to make masks mandatory in metropolitan Melbourne and the nearby shire of Mitchell.