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alodia

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a⋅lo⋅di⋅um

  [uh-loh-dee-uhm]
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–noun, plural -di⋅a  [-dee-uh] .
allodium.
Also called al⋅od  [al-od, -uhd] .

Related forms:
a⋅lo⋅di⋅al, adjective
a⋅lo⋅di⋅al⋅i⋅ty, noun
a⋅lo⋅di⋅al⋅ly, adverb

al⋅lo⋅di⋅um

  [uh-loh-dee-uhm]
–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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