heriot
a feudal service or tribute, originally of borrowed military equipment and later of a chattel, due to the lord on the death of a tenant.
Origin of heriot
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How to use heriot in a sentence
The usher signed to heriot to advance, and the honest citizen was presently introduced into the cabinet of the Sovereign.
The Fortunes of Nigel | Sir Walter ScottGeorge heriot was courtier enough to say, that "the wise naturally follow the wisest, as stags follow their leader."
The Fortunes of Nigel | Sir Walter ScottGeorge heriot could not exactly answer this question; but believed "the young lord had studied abroad."
The Fortunes of Nigel | Sir Walter Scottheriot, as he descended the stairs, met his cash-keeper coming up, with some concern in his face.
The Fortunes of Nigel | Sir Walter ScottGeorge heriot rose from the table, observing, that wine-cups and legal documents were unseemly neighbours.
The Fortunes of Nigel | Sir Walter Scott
British Dictionary definitions for heriot
/ (ˈhɛrɪət) /
(in medieval England) a death duty paid by villeins and free tenants to their lord, often consisting of the dead man's best beast or chattel
Origin of heriot
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