FRITH GILDS
\fɹˈɪθ ɡˈɪldz], \fɹˈɪθ ɡˈɪldz], \f_ɹ_ˈɪ_θ ɡ_ˈɪ_l_d_z]\
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i.e. Peace clubs. Voluntary associations of neighbours for purposes of order and self-defence, general throughout Europe in the ninth and tenth centuries ; on the Continent roughly met and suppressed ; in England recognized, as aiding social order.-Green's Hist, of English People, p. 191.
By Henry Percy Smith
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