Freehood
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 The state or condition of being free; freedom. nonstandard, rare, uncountable, usually
"Here the citizens of Ghent took the oath of allegiance to each new Count on his accession, after they had compelled him to swear in good old Teutonic style "to uphold and see upheld all the standing wits (laws), fore-rights (regulations), freehoods, and wonts of the Countship and town of Ghent.""
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More examples"Here the citizens of Ghent took the oath of allegiance to each new Count on his accession, after they had compelled him to swear in good old Teutonic style "to uphold and see upheld all the standing wits (laws), fore-rights (regulations), freehoods, and wonts of the Countship and town of Ghent.""
Etymology
From free + -hood. Probably modelled after German Freiheit (“freedom”), Dutch vrijheid (“freedom”). More at freedom.
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