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denization

denization noun: the act of making one a denizen or adopted citizen; naturalization.

Noun

denization (countable and uncountable, plural denizations)

  1. The act of making one a denizen or adopted citizen; naturalization.
    • a vast number of charters of denization were granted to particular persons of Irish descent from the reign of Henry II. downwards, which gave them and their posterity the full birthrights of English subjects1827, Henry Hallam, The Constitutional History of England from the Accession of Henry VII. to the Death of George II. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: John Murray, […], →OCLC

Forms of denization

pluraldenizations
alternative formdenisation

Questions about denization

What does denization mean?
Denization means the act of making one a denizen or adopted citizen; naturalization.
What part of speech is denization?
Denization is a noun.
What is the plural of denization?
The plural of denization is denizations.

Words near denization in the dictionary

  1. denitroxylases
  2. denivation
  3. denivelation
  4. denivelations
  5. Deniz
  6. denization
  7. denizations
  8. denize
  9. denized
  10. denizen
  11. denizenation

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