-rice
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-rice
- female form of -eur
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-rice
- female equivalent of -eur
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-rice
- (Early Middle English) Alternative form of -riche
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From rīċe (“dominion, realm”).
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-rīċe
- (combining form) suffix appended to nouns to indicate office, ownership, guardianship, governance or dominion, equivalent to English -dom
- bisċoprīċe ― a bishopric; the diocese of a bishop
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Declension of -rice (strong ja-stem)