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landboc

landboc noun: a charter or deed by which land is granted.

Noun

landboc (plural landbocs)

  1. (historical) A charter or deed by which land is granted.
    • It used to be thought that the witnesses really did this, but in the whole splendid series of original landbocs there is not one in which the crosses are even probably autograph, while in the vast majority they are demonstrably the work of the scribe.1982, Vivian Hunter Galbraith, Kings and Chroniclers: Essays in English Medieval History, page 96

Forms of landboc

plurallandbocs
alternative formland-boc

Origin of landboc

From Old English landbōc < land + bōc.

Questions about landboc

What does landboc mean?
Landboc means a charter or deed by which land is granted.
What part of speech is landboc?
Landboc is a noun.
What is the plural of landboc?
The plural of landboc is landbocs.

Words near landboc in the dictionary

  1. landbird
  2. landbirding
  3. landbirds
  4. landblink
  5. landboarding
  6. landboc
  7. landbocs
  8. landbook
  9. landbooks
  10. landborne
  11. landbound

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