allodial

From Middle French allodial, and its source, Latin allōdiālis (“held in freehold”), from allōdium.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əˈləʊ.di.əl/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /əˈloʊ.di.əl/

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• Rhymes: -əʊdiəl

allodial (not comparable)

1. (usually historical) Pertaining to land owned by someone absolutely, without any feudal obligations; held without acknowledgement of any superior; allodial title. [from 17th c.]
   • 2016, Peter H. Wilson, The Holy Roman Empire, Penguin, published 2017, page 351:

     Henry reconciled the Zähringer, whom he had deposed from Carinthia in 1078, by raising their allodial property in the Black Forest to a new duchy 20 years later.

• allodial title

allodial (plural allodials)

1. Anything held allodially.
   • 1807, William Coxe, History of the House of Austria:

     Charles Theodore, elector Palatine, was generally considered as rightful heir to all the Bavarian territories which were not female fiefs or allodials.

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allodial (feminine allodiale, masculine plural allodiaux, feminine plural allodiales)

1. allodial

• “allodial”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

allodial (strong nominative masculine singular allodialer, not comparable)

1. allodial