Meanings
- historicalnot comparableusuallyPertaining to land owned by someone absolutely, without any feudal obligations; held without acknowledgement of any superior; allodial title.First known use 17th c.
Henry reconciled the Zähringer, whom he had deposed from Carinthia in 1078, by raising their allodial property in the Black Forest to a new duchy 20 years later.
2016, Peter H. Wilson, The Holy Roman Empire, Penguin, published 2017, page 351
plural allodials
- Anything held allodially.
Charles Theodore, elector Palatine, was generally considered as rightful heir to all the Bavarian territories which were not female fiefs or allodials.
1807, William Coxe, History of the House of Austria
Origin
- Latinallōdiālis“held in freehold”
- Middle Frenchallodial
- Englishallodial
From Middle French allodial, and its source, Latin allōdiālis (“held in freehold”), from allōdium.
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Catalan alodial
- alodialowned freely and clear of any encumbrances
Dutch allodiaal
- allodiaalowned freely and clear of any encumbrances
Latin allōdiālis
- allōdiālisowned freely and clear of any encumbrances
Polish alodialny
- alodialnyowned freely and clear of any encumbrances
Portuguese alodial
- alodialowned freely and clear of any encumbrances
Spanish alodial
- alodialowned freely and clear of any encumbrances
Swedish odal
- odalowned freely and clear of any encumbrances
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