allodial
Americanadjective
adjective
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(of land) held as an allodium
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(of tenure) characterized by or relating to the system of holding land in absolute ownership
the allodial system
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(of people) holding an allodium
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of allodial
1650–60; < Medieval Latin allodiālis, equivalent to allōdi ( um ) allodium + -ālis -al 1
Example Sentences
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As conquest of territory was made, the land was parcelled out among the followers, who received it from the leader as allodial grants and, later, as feudal grants.
From History of Human Society by Frank W. (Frank Wilson) Blackmar
The primitive German or allodial property is strictly reserved to the kindred.
From Ancient Law Its Connection to the History of Early Society by Sir Henry Sumner Maine
This was the period of what writers call allodial tenure, in distinction from feudal.
From Beacon Lights of History, Volume 05 The Middle Ages by John Lord
Thus it came that almost all the allodial lands of France, Germany, Italy, and Northern Spain were, during the ninth, tenth, and eleventh centuries, converted into feudal estates, or fiefs.
From General History for Colleges and High Schools by Philip Van Ness Myers
It was not the change from allodial to feudal so much as from confusion to order.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 05 (From Charlemagne to Frederick Barbarossa) by Charles F. (Charles Francis) Horne
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