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Meaning of emphyteosis | Babel Free

Noun feminine CEFR C1
[ɛm.pʰyˈte.ɔ.sɪs]

Definitions

  1. emphyteusis; the practice of leasing emphyteuma (type of hereditary leasehold in Roman law granted for the purpose of cultivation)
    Ancient-Rome, Medieval-Latin, declension-3, feminine
  2. the embetterment or amelioration of something; the practice of making something better than it once was
    England, Medieval-Latin, declension-3, feminine

Examples

“ita etia hic emphyteosis erit obnoria uno: quo ad hoc ꝙ ei vebebitur ſua peſio.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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