A tenure by which a religious corporation holds lands given to them and their successors forever, usually on condition of praying for the soul of the donor and his heirs; - called also tenure by free alms.
frankewing
frankmarriage
frankmarriage
noun
Alternative form of frank-marriage
frankpledge
frankpledge
noun
(law, historical) A decener: a member of a tithing bound in frankpledge.
(law, historical) A form of collective suretyship and punishment under English law among the members of a tithing.
(law, historical, uncommon) The tithing itself.
Any group so similarly answerable for the conduct of all its members and liable for collective punishment.
A prefecture-level city in east-central Henan, China.
kapfenberg
kerfing
kerfing
noun
(music, chiefly lutherie) A thin strip of wood kerfed to allow easy bending and then glued inside the body of a string instrument along the rim between its two abutting sides to reinforce the joint.
verb
present participle of kerf
kingfield
kingfield
Proper noun
A town in Maine, USA
kingfisher
kingfisher
noun
Any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines (or the family Alcedinidae sensu lato), having a large head, short tail and brilliant colouration; they feed mostly on fish.
common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)
kingfishers
kingfishers
noun
plural of kingfisher
kingfishes
kingfishes
noun
plural of kingfish
kiteflying
kiteflying
noun
(archaic) A mode of raising money, or sustaining one's credit, by the use of paper which is merely nominal.
The flying of kites.
klagenfurt
klangfarbe
mafeking
markgenossenschaft
monkeyfying
monkeyfying
verb
present participle of monkeyfy
nonforeknowledge
prefranking
safebreaking
safebreaking
noun
The act of breaking into a safe.
safecracking
safecracking
noun
The act of defeating the security mechanisms of a safe or vault to gain access to its contents.
safekeeping
safekeeping
noun
(US) not returning checks; a system wherein banks keep checks (cheques) that people write, rather than returning them to the account holder with their monthly statement.
the act of keeping something safe; protection from harm, damage, loss, or theft