† knightten.
Obsolete. rare.
A knight's estate or property.
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the mind > possession > possessions > [noun] > real or immovable property > land > land owned or occupied by specific class of person
cotlanda1150
knighttec1380
lairdship1397
thanage14..
marchionatc1449
pittancery1519
marquesya1525
marquisdom1530
marquisatea1544
peership1594
peerdom1611
vavasory1611
thane-landa1641
marquisshipa1680
starosty1681
freedom1752
peerage1759
pollam1765
senatory1804
squireship1824
majorat1827
dukery1837
patroonship1848
squatment1860
c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 384 In þe same wise as þe baron or the knyȝte occupieþ & gouerneþ his baronrye or his knyȝtte, so after þe amortesynge occupieþ þe clerke..þe same lordeschip.
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