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-rice

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See also: rice, RICE, Rice, and ricé

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-rice

  1. female form of -eur

French

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-rice

  1. female equivalent of -eur

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Middle English

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-rice

  1. (Early Middle English) Alternative form of -riche

Old English

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Etymology

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From rīċe (dominion, realm).

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-rīċe

  1. (combining form) suffix appended to nouns to indicate office, ownership, guardianship, governance or dominion, equivalent to English -dom
    bisċoprīċea bishopric; the diocese of a bishop

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Strong ja-stem:

singular plural
nominative -rīċe -rīċu
accusative -rīċe -rīċu
genitive -rīċes -rīċa
dative -rīċe -rīċum

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