Freedmanship

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The condition of being a freedman. uncountable

    "The third class of freedmanship (dedititia libertas) had long been obsolete when it was formally abolished by Justinian, A.D. 530, Cod. 7, 5."

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"The third class of freedmanship (dedititia libertas) had long been obsolete when it was formally abolished by Justinian, A.D. 530, Cod. 7, 5."

Etymology

From freedman + -ship.

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