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allodial

/uh-loh-dee-uhl/US // əˈloʊ di əl //UK // (əˈləʊdɪəl) //

橄榄球,橄榄枝,橄榄树,橄榄核

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : free from the tenurial rights of a feudal overlord.

Examples

  • This might have been done by converting the holdings of the men-at-arms into allodial estates, held direct from the Crown.

  • Probably his new allodial Ritter gentlemen were not the most submiss, when made hereditary?

  • This was the period of what writers call allodial tenure, in distinction from feudal.

  • They are not truly allodial holders, for they hold tribal land; but they have no manorial lord over them.

  • This is very aptly shown by the fact that under feudalism allodial titles were voluntarily surrendered for feudal ones.