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censive

censive adjective: relating to censive tenure; held in return for the payment of a cens (a feudal rent).

Adjective

censive (comparative more censive, superlative most censive)

  1. (historical) Relating to censive tenure; held in return for the payment of a cens (a feudal rent).

Noun

censive (plural censives)

  1. (historical) Land held under censive tenure; a censive holding.

Forms of censive

Adjective
comparativemore censive
superlativemost censive
Noun
pluralcensives

Origin of censive

Borrowed from French censive, from Medieval Latin censivus; compare English census.

Questions about censive

What does censive mean?
Censive means relating to censive tenure; held in return for the payment of a cens (a feudal rent).
What part of speech is censive?
Censive can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near censive in the dictionary

  1. censers
  2. censes
  3. censi
  4. censing
  5. censitary
  6. censive
  7. censives
  8. censor
  9. censor morum
  10. censorability
  11. censorable

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