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subinfeudation

subinfeudation noun: 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.

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.

subinfeudation meaning in Tamil

subinfeudation in Tamil

கீழ் மானியச்சார்பான

Forms of subinfeudation

pluralsubinfeudations

Origin of subinfeudation

From sub- + infeudation.

Questions about subinfeudation

What does subinfeudation mean?
Subinfeudation means 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.
What is subinfeudation in Tamil?
Subinfeudation in Tamil is கீழ் மானியச்சார்பான. See Subinfeudation meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is subinfeudation?
Subinfeudation is a noun.
What is the plural of subinfeudation?
The plural of subinfeudation is subinfeudations.

Words near subinfeudation in the dictionary

  1. subinfertility
  2. subinfeudate
  3. subinfeudated
  4. subinfeudates
  5. subinfeudating
  6. subinfeudation
  7. subinfeudations
  8. subinfeudatories
  9. subinfeudatory
  10. subinflammatory
  11. subinfluence

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Adapted from Wiktionary: subinfeudation (page history and authors); subinfeudation (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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