aldermanate noun2 •The office of an alderman; the municipal legislative body of a city or town.Other fees were taken from new members of common councils, those who were raised to the aldermanate, and sometimes from those who resigned as councillors. — 1990 •The members of the aldermanate, collectively.The Lord Mayor and the aldermanate, who knew nothing about Finbar, were delighted to accept his generous offer. — 2006 formsaldermanates
