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-ship
noun · 78% connection
A suffix denoting state, office, dignity, profession, or art; as in lordship, friendship, chancellorship, stewardship, horsemanship.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: rank, estate, grandee, lordship.
Admiral
noun · 78% connection
A naval officer of the highest rank; a naval officer of high rank, of which there are different grades. The chief gradations in rank a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: rank, estate, grandee, lordship.
Allodium
noun · 78% connection
Freehold estate; land which is the absolute property of the owner; real estate held in absolute independence, without being subject to…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: rank, estate, grandee, lordship.
Assess
verb · 78% connection
To apportion a sum to be paid by (a person, a community, or an estate), in the nature of a tax, fine, etc.; to impose a tax upon (a pe…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: rank, estate, grandee, lordship.
Attornment
noun · 78% connection
The act of a feudatory, vassal, or tenant, by which he consents, upon the alienation of an estate, to receive a new lord or superior,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: rank, estate, grandee, lordship.
Avulsion
noun · 78% connection
The sudden removal of lands or soil from the estate of one man to that of another by an inundation or a current, or by a sudden change…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: rank, estate, grandee, lordship.
Barony
noun · 78% connection
The fee or domain of a baron; the lordship, dignity, or rank of a baron.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: rank, estate, grandee, lordship.
Bashaw
noun · 78% connection
Fig.: A magnate or grandee.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: rank, estate, grandee, lordship.
Castellany
noun · 78% connection
The lordship of a castle; the extent of land and jurisdiction appertaining to a castle.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: rank, estate, grandee, lordship.
Confirmation
noun · 78% connection
A conveyance by which a voidable estate is made sure and not voidable, or by which a particular estate is increased; a contract, expre…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: rank, estate, grandee, lordship.
Convey
verb · 78% connection
To transfer or deliver to another; to make over, as property; more strictly (Law), to transfer (real estate) or pass (a title to real…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: rank, estate, grandee, lordship.
Court-leet
noun · 78% connection
A court of record held once a year, in a particular hundred, lordship, or manor, before the steward of the leet.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: rank, estate, grandee, lordship.
Credit mobilier
unknown · 78% connection
A joint stock company, formed for general banking business, or for the construction of public works, by means of loans on personal est…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: rank, estate, grandee, lordship.
Descent
noun · 78% connection
Transmission of an estate by inheritance, usually, but not necessarily, in the descending line; title to inherit an estate by reason o…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: rank, estate, grandee, lordship.
Devise
noun · 78% connection
The act of giving or disposing of real estate by will; -- sometimes improperly applied to a bequest of personal estate.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: rank, estate, grandee, lordship.
Disclaimer
noun · 78% connection
A denial, disavowal, or renunciation, as of a title, claim, interest, estate, or trust; relinquishment or waiver of an interest or est…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: rank, estate, grandee, lordship.
Discontinuance
noun · 78% connection
A breaking off or interruption of an estate, which happened when an alienation was made by a tenant in tail, or other tenant, seized i…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: rank, estate, grandee, lordship.
Discontinuee
noun · 78% connection
One whose possession of an estate is broken off, or discontinued; one whose estate is subject to discontinuance.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: rank, estate, grandee, lordship.
