- 1. n. In some northern counties of England, a division, or district, answering to the hundred in other counties. Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, and Nottinghamshire are divided into wapentakes, instead of hundreds. Source: opted
- 2. In some northern counties of England, a division, or district, answering to the hundred in other counties. Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, and Nottinghamshire are divided into wapentakes, instead of hundreds. [Written also wapentac.] Selden. Blackstone. Source: webster
- 3. In some northern counties of England, a division, or district,answering to the hundred in other counties. Yorkshire, Lincolnshire,and Nottinghamshire are divided into wapentakes, instead of hundreds.[Written also wapentac.] Selden. Blackstone. Source: adambom
- 4. n. In some northern counties of England, a division, or district, answering to the hundred in other counties. Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, and Nottinghamshire are divided into wapentakes, instead of hundreds. Source: ecdict
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