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Definition: FRANKALMOIGNE |
FRANKALMOIGNEAdjective1. 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. |
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Satire | FRANKALMOIGNE, n. The tenure by which a religious corporation holds lands on condition of praying for the soul of the donor. In mediaeval times many of the wealthiest fraternities obtained their estates in this simple and cheap manner, and once when Henry VIII of England sent an officer to confiscate certain vast possessions which a fraternity of monks held by frankalmoigne, "What!" said the Prior, "would you master stay our benefactor's soul in Purgatory?" "Ay," said the officer, coldly, "an ye will not pray him thence for naught he must e'en roast." "But look you, my son," persisted the good man, "this act hath rank as robbery of God!" "Nay, nay, good father, my master the king doth but deliver him from the manifold temptations of too great wealth.". Source: Devil's Dictionary. |
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| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Freedom | Free land, freehold; allodium; frankalmoigne, mortmain. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: FRANKALMOIGNE |
| English words defined with "FRANKALMOIGNE": Tenure by fee alms. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "FRANKALMOIGNE": FRANKALMOIGNE. (references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-e-f-g-i-k-l-m-n-n-o-r" | |
-4 letters: enamoring, enflaming, enframing, foraminal, omnirange, reloaning. | |
-5 letters: agnomina, alarming, anearing, egomania, fanglike, filmgoer, finagler, finnmark, flamingo, flanking, florigen, foamlike, foramina, foremilk, formalin, franking, franklin, freaking, froglike, geranial, geraniol, germinal, infernal, inflamer, informal, kaoliang, kilogram, kraaling, learning, magnolia, maligner, malinger, mangonel, manorial, marginal, melanian, morainal, nanogram, nonglare, nonimage, rankling, regional, remaking, renaming, rifleman. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)46 52 41 4E 4B 41 4C 4D 4F 49 47 4E 45 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)..-. .-. .- -. -.- .- .-.. -- --- .. --. -. . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000110 01010010 01000001 01001110 01001011 01000001 01001100 01001101 01001111 01001001 01000111 01001110 01000101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)F R A N K A L M O I G N E |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0046 0052 0041 004E 004B 0041 004C 004D 004F 0049 0047 004E 0045 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)40523548453546474943414839 |
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