💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Pewholding"
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| Word | Definition |
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| reservationnoun | An arrangement by which accommodation or transport arrangements are secured in advance. |
| parson's freeholdnoun | A system within the Church of England in which the rector or vicar of a parish holds title to benefice property, such as the church, churchyard or parsonage, the ownership passing to his successor. |
| reservismnoun | The practice of an employee being kept in reserve and asked to work only when needed. |
| patronagenoun | The act of providing approval and support; backing; championship. |
| holdnoun | A grasp or grip. |
| provisionnoun | An item of goods or supplies, especially food, obtained for future use. |
| frankpledgenoun | (law, historical) A form of collective suretyship and punishment under English law among the members of a tithing. |
| plotholdingnoun | The holding of a plot of land. |
| pignorationnoun | The act of pledging or pawning. |
| trusteeismnoun | A practice in certain parishes of the Catholic Church in the United States under which laypersons participate in the administration of ecclesiastical property. |
| reservenoun | The act of reserving or keeping back; reservation; exception. |
| spoliumnoun | The property of a beneficed ecclesiastic not transmissible by will. |
| pawningnoun | The act by which something is pawned. |
| retentionnoun | The act of retaining or something retained. |
| pocket boroughnoun | (historical) A borough which could effectively be controlled by a single person who owned at least half of the "burgage tenements" (whose occupants had the right to vote in the borough's parliamentary elections), since he could populate these tenements with his own supporters. |
| escroweenoun | A person or organization that holds something in escrow. |
| purveyancenoun | The act of purveying. |
| privilegenoun | (countable) A particular benefit, advantage, or favor; a right or immunity enjoyed by some but not others; a prerogative, preferential treatment. |
| patrimonynoun | A right or estate inherited from one's father; or, in a larger sense, from any male ancestor. |
| pawneenoun | (law) One or to whom a pledge is delivered as security one who takes anything in pawn. |
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