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COPYHOLD
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A medieval form of land tenure in England; a copyhold was a parcel of land granted to a peasant by the lord of the manor in return for agricultural services
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("copyhold" is a kind of...):
land tenure; tenure (the right to hold property; part of an ancient hierarchical system of holding lands)
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