allodial

American  

[uh-loh-dee-uhl] / əˈloʊ di əl /

Or alodial

adjective

1. free from the tenurial rights of a feudal overlord.

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allodial British  

/ əˈləʊdɪəl /

adjective

1. (of land) held as an allodium

2. (of tenure) characterized by or relating to the system of holding land in absolute ownership

   the allodial system

3. (of people) holding an allodium

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Other Word Forms

• allodiality noun
• allodially adverb

Etymology

Origin of allodial

1650–60; < Medieval Latin allodiālis, equivalent to allōdi ( um ) allodium + -ālis -al ¹

Example Sentences

It was felt that land should be owned absolutely,—by allodial possession, as the phrase is.

From The Eve of the French Revolution by Lowell, Edward J. (Edward Jackson)

The heriot was the payment of a debt from the dead man to his lord; his son succeeded him by allodial right.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 05 (From Charlemagne to Frederick Barbarossa) by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)

Then Earl Hallad grew tired of the business, resigned his earldom, took up again his rights as an allodial owner, and afterwards returned eastward into Norway.

From Heimskringla, or the Chronicle of the Kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson

If this be true of Great Britain and Ireland, where no allodial tenure exists, how much more true must it be of New York?

From Ireland Under Coercion (2nd ed.) (1 of 2) (1888) by Hurlbert, William Henry

Here was no allodial property, no censitive hereditary domain, as in the rest of, otherwise, feudal Europe.

From Irish Race in the Past and the Present by Thebaud, Augustus J.