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frankalmoignes

frankalmoignes is the plural of frankalmoigne.

Meaning of frankalmoigne

Noun

frankalmoigne (plural frankalmoignes)

  1. A tenure by which a religious corporation holds lands given to them and their successors forever, usually on condition of praying for the soul of the donor and his heirs; - called also tenure by free alms.
    • The tenure of Church lands was in "frankalmoigne," or "free alms." Tenants in frankalmoigne had only to perform the "three necessities"—to keep up highways, build castles, and repel invasions.1908, Mary A. M. Marks, chapter 3, in Landholding in England, page 23

Questions about frankalmoignes

What is frankalmoignes the plural of?
Frankalmoignes is the plural of frankalmoigne.

Words near frankalmoignes in the dictionary

  1. Frank-ter Haar syndrome
  2. frankability
  3. frankable
  4. frankalmoign
  5. frankalmoigne
  6. frankalmoignes
  7. frankalmoin
  8. frankamenite
  9. Frankau
  10. frankdicksonite
  11. franked

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