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subinfeodation

subinfeodation is the alternative form of subinfeudation.

Meaning of subinfeudation

Noun

subinfeudation (countable and uncountable, plural subinfeudations)

  1. (UK, obsolete) The practice by which tenants, holding land under the king or other superior lord, carved out new and distinct tenures in their turn by subletting or alienating a part of their lands.

Forms of subinfeodation

pluralsubinfeodations

Questions about subinfeodation

What is subinfeodation the alternative form of?
Subinfeodation is the alternative form of subinfeudation.

Words near subinfeodation in the dictionary

  1. subinertial
  2. subinfection
  3. subinfections
  4. subinfectious
  5. subinfective
  6. subinfeodation
  7. subinfeodations
  8. subinfer
  9. subinferred
  10. subinferring
  11. subinfers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: subinfeodation (page history and authors); subinfeudation (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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