English Explanatory Dictionary

censive

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Relating to censive tenure; held in return for the payment of a cens (a feudal rent).
noun
  1. Land held under censive tenure; a censive holding.

Word forms

censive more censive most censive censives

Etymology

Borrowed from French censive, from Medieval Latin censivus; compare English census.

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