allodium

American  

[uh-loh-dee-uhm] / əˈloʊ di əm /

Or alodium

noun

plural

allodia

1. land owned absolutely; land owned and not subject to any rent, service, or other tenurial right of an overlord.

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allodium British  

/ ˈælɒd, əˈləʊdɪəm /

noun

1. Also: alodium.  history lands held in absolute ownership, free from such obligations as rent or services due to an overlord

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Etymology

Origin of allodium

1620–30; < Medieval Latin < Frankish *allōd- ( all all + -ōd patrimony, cognate with Old Norse ōth- in ōthal, Gothic -ōth- in haim-ōthli, Old Saxon ōth- in ōthil, Old English, Old Frisian ēth- in ēthel, akin (by gradation) to ath- of atheling ) + Medieval Latin -ium -ium

Example Sentences

It often happened that on the death or removal of a peasant-holder the lord would choose to absorb the session-land into the allodium, which, being tax-free, resulted in a loss to the imperial revenue.

From Round About the Carpathians by Crosse, Andrew F.

The Urbarium of Maria Theresa was, in short, the stand-point in all these arrangements, whether it was the sessional lands of tenants formerly held in hereditary use, now freehold, or the allodium of the noble.

From Round About the Carpathians by Crosse, Andrew F.

Free ownership, the allodium, even under the form of small freeholds, still existed by way of exception in many parts.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 8 "France" to "Francis Joseph I." by Various

The question now arises, did free and absolute property, the allodium, entirely disappear in this process, and were all lands held as tenures?

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 8 "France" to "Francis Joseph I." by Various