[f. ALDERMAN + -ITY in humorous imitation of human, human-ity, etc.: see -ITY.]
1. The quality or office of an alderman.
1625. B. Jonson, Staple of News, III. ii. I would fain see … a treatise of aldermanity truly written!
1823. Lamb, Elia, Ser. II. xxiv. (1865), 408. How would certain topics, as aldermanity … have sounded to a Terentian auditory?
2. The body of aldermen. (Cf. admiralty.)
1632. B. Jonson, Magn. Lady, V. vii. ’Twill purchase the whole Bench of Aldermanity.
