frankalmoin

Ecclesiastical land grant

Frankalmoin is a medieval English legal term for land held by a religious institution in exchange for prayers and religious services rather than secular obligations.

A church or monastery held property in frankalmoin free from military service or rent, owing only spiritual duties to the grantor.

The term combines "frank" (free) with "almoin" (alms).

tenure

ecclesiastical

Relating to church matters

church landsProperty owned by congregation
abbeyMonastic house of worship
monasteryReligious seclusion dwelling

cathedral · priory · perpetual · inalienable · lord · benefice · endowment · glebe · demesne · freehold

legal

common law

Jurisprudence from judicial decisions

tenureProtected employment status
conveyanceTransfer of property rights
charterFounding organizational document

deed · writ · escheat · forfeiture · alienation · encumbrance · title · heritable · incorporeal · jurisdiction

obligation

prayers

Reverent petitions to deity

massesBulk or populace
commemorationAct of honoring memory
intercessionActing on another's behalf

divine service · requiem · obit · anniversary · memorial · suffrages · benefactor · founder

frankalmoin

ecclesiastical

common law

prayers

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