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allod

allod

9.9
Land that someone owns completely with no duties to a lord
  • noun
  • /ˈæləd/
  • Archaic
translation icon : alodio
  • Owning an allod meant the landholder owed no service to a lord.

Examples

  • The family claimed their estate was an allod, free from any feudal duties.

  • The farmer owned an allod free from any feudal ties.

  • In medieval Europe, an allod was rare compared to land held as a fief.

  • Many families aspired to own an allod during the medieval period.

  • In medieval Europe, an allod represented land that was completely owned without any feudal obligations.

  • The family proudly asserted that their property was an allod, free from the obligations of feudal service.

  • To hold an allod was to possess land utterly independent of any lord's authority.

Synonyms

allodium
vsallod
  • Archaic
9.9

Land owned completely with no rent or service owed to anyone

is the identical meaning but appears as an older alternate written form

Antonyms

leasehold
  • UK
1 6.8

Property you have the right to use for a fixed time from the owner

Surface Forms

allod singular
allods plural

Etymology

Allod comes from old Germanic words that put all ('whole, all') together with a word for 'property', so it originally meant land that was completely yours. That's why an allod is land owned outright, with no duties to a lord.