| 单词 | abbey land |
| 释义 | > as lemmasabbey land abbey land n. now historical land belonging or formerly belonging to an abbey; also as a count noun (usually in plural). ΚΠ 1510 in M. Livingstone Reg. Secreti Sigilli Regum Scotorum (1908) I. 317/1 The said abbot [of Melrose], abbay landis and gudis thairof. 1592 Arden of Feversham sig. Cv M. Greene,..From whome my husband had the Abby land, Came hether. 1679 M. Prance Addit. Narr. 30 To secure abbey-lands to their owners. 1769 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. IV. 115 To molest the possessors of abbey lands granted by parliament to Henry the eighth, and Edward the sixth, is a praemunire. 1848 W. A. Hulton Coucher Bk. Whalley Abbey III. 727 (note) This township..contained a very large proportion of abbey land. 1913 Trans. Devonshire Soc. Adv. Sci. 45 147 There is good reason to believe that the ground on which the present Vicarage stands was also Abbey land. 2000 S. Livingstone Confess & be Hanged 20 In agony, he was forced to sign a paper renouncing the abbey lands. < as lemmas |
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