corrodier
/kəˈɹəʊdɪə/
corrodier noun: one receiving a corrody, or allowance from the Church, in return for previous payment or service (usually in the Middle Ages).
Noun
corrodier (plural corrodiers)
- One receiving a corrody, or allowance from the Church, in return for previous payment or service (usually in the Middle Ages)
- Outside the minster walls were the cottages of the corrodiers, or folk who, for a corrody, or life pittance from the abbey, had given away their lands.1866, Charles Kingsley, chapter 20, in Hereward the Wake, London: Nelson, page 279
Forms of corrodier
| plural | corrodiers |
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Origin of corrodier
From Latin corrodium, corredium, conredium (“furniture, provision”).
Questions about corrodier
- What does corrodier mean?
- Corrodier means one receiving a corrody, or allowance from the Church, in return for previous payment or service (usually in the Middle Ages).
- What part of speech is corrodier?
- Corrodier is a noun.
- How do you pronounce corrodier?
- Corrodier is pronounced /kəˈɹəʊdɪə/.
- What is the plural of corrodier?
- The plural of corrodier is corrodiers.
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