frankalmoigne

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noun

A tenure by which a religious corporation holds lands given to them and their successors forever, usually on condition of praying for the soul of the donor and his heirs; - called also tenure by free alms.

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Meanings

nounfrankalmoigne (plural frankalmoignes)

plural frankalmoignes

  1. A tenure by which a religious corporation holds lands given to them and their successors forever, usually on condition of praying for the soul of the donor and his heirs; - called also tenure by free alms.

    The tenure of Church lands was in "frankalmoigne," or "free alms." Tenants in frankalmoigne had only to perform the "three necessities"—to keep up highways, build castles, and repel invasions.

    1908, Mary A. M. Marks, chapter 3, in Landholding in England, page 23
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