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corrodiers

corrodiers is the plural of corrodier.

Meaning of corrodier

Noun

corrodier (plural corrodiers)

  1. (historical) 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

Questions about corrodiers

What is corrodiers the plural of?
Corrodiers is the plural of corrodier.

Words near corrodiers in the dictionary

  1. corrodiating
  2. corrodibilities
  3. corrodibility
  4. corrodible
  5. corrodier
  6. corrodiers
  7. corrodies
  8. corroding
  9. corroding lead
  10. corrodingly
  11. corrodings

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