单词 | laetic |
释义 | laeticadj. Historical. Of or pertaining to the læti, a class of non-Roman cultivators under the later Roman empire, who occupied lands for which they paid tribute. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > one who has tenure > [adjective] > paying tribute for land laetic1839 society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > a legal holding > [adjective] > held by tribute laetic1839 1839 T. Keightley Hist. Eng. (new ed.) I. 129 At a subsequent period [in Roman history] lands denominated Lætic were given in the interior of the provinces to larger bodies of the Barbarians on similar condition. 1874 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. I. vi. 161 As the freemen were mingled more or less with lætic or native races. 1892 C. M. Andrews Old Eng. Manor Introd. 39 Portions of the Teutonic laetic organization may have lingered in Kent. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1839 |
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