sorehon UK /ˈsɔːhən/US /ˈsɔɹhən/ noun1 •(Ireland, historical) A kind of servile tenure in Ireland which required the tenant to maintain his chieftain gratuitously whenever he wished to indulge in a revel.Sorehon was a tax laide upon the free - holders , for certaine dayes in each quarter of a yeare , to finde victualls , and lodging , and to pay certaine stipends to the kerne — 1596