单词 | honorary feud |
释义 | > as lemmashonorary feud honorary feud Feudal Law (historical and now rare) a heritable estate or right carrying a title of nobility. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > title > [noun] > passed on to eldest son honorary feud1767 1767 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. (new ed.) II. xiv. 214 The emperors began to create honorary feuds or titles of nobility. 1841 W. Paley Lect. on Paley 44 Another reason for excluding younger sons was on account of honorary feuds. 1916 T. N. Carver Sel. Readings Rural Econ. 335 ‘Honorary feuds’ to which titles of nobility were attached. < as lemmas |
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