The Collaborative International Dictionary
thanehood
thanehood \thane"hood\ (th[=a]n"h[oo^]d), n.
The character or dignity of a thane; also, thanes,
collectively.
--J. R. Green.
Wiktionary
thanehood
n. The character or rank of a thane.
Usage examples of "thanehood".
Mithridates murdered the entire Galatian thanehood twenty years ago, which left our people without chieftains.