allodial

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Scrabble points
9
Words With Friends
12
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/əˈləʊ.di.əl/
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/əˈləʊ.di.əl/ · /əˈloʊ.di.əl/

Definition of allodial

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (historical, not-comparable, usually)Pertaining to land owned by someone absolutely, without any feudal obligations; held without acknowledgement of any superior; allodial title.
    “Henry reconciled the Zähringer, whom he had deposed from Carinthia in 1078, by raising their allodial property in the Black Forest to a new duchy 20 years later.”
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adj

  1. (historical, not-comparable, usually)Pertaining to land owned by someone absolutely, without any feudal obligations; held without acknowledgement of any superior; allodial title.
    “Henry reconciled the Zähringer, whom he had deposed from Carinthia in 1078, by raising their allodial property in the Black Forest to a new duchy 20 years later.”

noun

  1. Anything held allodially.
    “Charles Theodore, elector Palatine, was generally considered as rightful heir to all the Bavarian territories which were not female fiefs or allodials.”

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Etymology

From Middle French allodial, and its source, Latin allōdiālis (“held in freehold”), from allōdium.

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