Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The status of a freeman before the law; the freedom or privilege of a burgess; franchise.
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- noun
Privilege ;immunity ;franchise ; the freedom or privilege of aburgess in a corporation. - noun An
heritable property as distinguished from a farm. - adjective
Heritable .
Etymologies
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From earlier frelage, probably from Middle English *freolache, *freleche, deverbal of *freolachen, *frelechen ("to be liberal, be generous") (compare Middle English freolac, freolaic, vreoleic, freolec ("liberality, generosity")), from Old English *frēolǣċan ("to give freely, offer generously"), related to Old English frēolāc ("free-will offering, oblation"), equivalent to free + -lock. Compare knowledge.
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