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Meaning of chiefrie | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A small rent paid to the lord paramount.

historical, obsolete

Examples

“There are a thousand instances of this all over England, in reserved rents applied to hospitals, in old chiefries, and even among the clergy themselves, in those payments which, I think, they call a modus.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

chiefry Chiefs chiefship Chieftain chieftaincy chieftaindom

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