heriot

[法] 贡品, 捐赠, 佃户死时的贡献

发音

/ˈhɛɹɪət/

词形变化

heriots 复数 heriots herioted herioting heriots 三单 herioting 现在分词 herioted 过去式 herioted 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The return of military equipment.

    历史
  2. 2.

    A payment made to a lord on the death of a tenant.

    历史
  3. 3.

    A tribute.

    过时
v.
  1. 1.

    To pay the heriot on (a piece of real estate) after the death of the previous tenant (such as one's parent, uncle, aunt, or grandparent).

    历史 罕用 及物

词源

From Old English hereġeatwa (“military equipment, army gear”). Per Etymonline: "An Anglo-Saxon service of weapons, loaned by the lord to his retainer and repayable to him upon the retainer's death; sense transferred by 13c. to a feudal due upon the death of a tenant, payable to his lord in beasts."

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