allodian
UK/əˈləʊ.di.ən/US/əˈloʊ.di.ən/
allodian adjective: allodial.
Adjective
allodian (not comparable)
- Allodial.
- 'Tis well known that the French were the firſt Aggreſſors. The pretence was to recover the Patrimonial Rights, or the Allodian Lands and Rents of the Dutcheſs of Orleans, from the Prince Palatine of the Rhine, who had them in poſſeſſion, and to aſſiſt the Prince of Furſtemberg, a Creature of...1701, Marius D'Assigny, “Of Charles the Second King of Spain, the Thirty fifth Earl of Flanders, the fourth of that Name”, in The History of the Earls and Earldom of Flanders, London: […] D. Brown...
- In memoriam of the Clan Laurin, anciently the allodian inhabitants of Balquhidder and Strathearn, the chief of whom, in the decrepitude of old age, together with his aged and infirm adherents, their wives and children, the widows of their departed kindred–[…]1870, “History of the Highland Clans”, in John Scott Keltie, editor, History of the Scottish Highlands: Highland Clans and Highland Regiments, volume II, London: William Mackenzie, page 280
Origin of allodian
From Latin allōdium + -an.
Words that rhyme with allodian
Questions about allodian
- What does allodian mean?
- Allodian means allodial.
- What part of speech is allodian?
- Allodian is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce allodian?
- Allodian is pronounced /əˈləʊ.di.ən/ (UK).
Words near allodian in the dictionary
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