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
- : 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.
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