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al⋅lo⋅di⋅um

  [uh-loh-dee-uhm]
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–noun, plural -di⋅a  [-dee-uh] .
land owned absolutely; land owned and not subject to any rent, service, or other tenurial right of an overlord.
Also, alodium.
Also called al⋅lod  [al-od, -uhd] , alod.

Origin:
1620–30; < ML < Frankish *allōd- (all all + -ōd patrimony, c. ON ōth- in ōthal, Goth -ōth- in haim-ōthli, OS ōth- in ōthil, OE, OFris ēth- in ēthel, akin (by gradation) to ath- of atheling ) + ML -ium -ium
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allodium

land freely held, without obligation of service to any overlord. Allodial land tenure was of particular significance in western Europe during the Middle Ages, when most land was held by feudal tenure

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