corody

American  

[kawr-uh-dee, kor-] / ˈkɔr ə di, ˈkɒr- /

Or corrody

noun

Old English Law.

plural

corodies

1. a right to receive maintenance in the form of housing, food, or clothing, especially the right enjoyed by the sovereign or a private benefactor to receive such maintenance from a religious house.

2. the housing, food, or clothing so received.

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corody British  

/ ˈkɒrədɪ /

noun

1. (originally) the right of a lord to receive free quarters from his vassal

2. an allowance for maintenance

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Etymology

Origin of corody

1375–1425; late Middle English corrodie < Anglo-French < Medieval Latin corrōdium outfit, provision, variant of conrēdium < Vulgar Latin *conrēd ( āre ) to outfit, provide with (equivalent to con- con- + *-rēdāre < Germanic; compare Old English rædan to equip, provide for, ready ) + Latin -ium -ium

Example Sentences

This is also in the nature of an acknowlegement to the king, as founder of the see; since he had formerly the same corody or pension from every abbey-274- or priory of royal foundation.

From Commentaries on the Laws of England Book the First by Blackstone, William, Sir

But Jocell the cellarer, hearing this, chose for that day to drink water, rather than restore the corody to Ralph against the will of the convent.

From The Chronicle of Jocelin of Brakelond: A Picture of Monastic Life in the Days of Abbot Samson by Brakelond, Jocelin de