freelage

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#1·14h ago

(Scotland, Northern England) Privilege; immunity; franchise; the freedom or privilege of a burgess in a corporation.

Origin: From earlier frelage, probably from , *freleche, deverbal of , *frelechen (compare , freolaic, vreoleic, liberality, generosity), from ; equivalent to free + , related to . Related to . Compare knowledge. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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(Scotland, Northern England) A heritable property (as distinguished from a farm).

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(Scotland, Northern England) Heritable.

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