corrodier

English

Etymology

From Latin corrodium, corredium, conredium (“furniture, provision”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəˈɹəʊdɪə/

Noun

corrodier (plural corrodiers)

1. (historical) One receiving a corrody, or allowance from the Church, in return for previous payment or service (usually in the Middle Ages)
   • 1866, Charles Kingsley, chapter 20, in Hereward the Wake, London: Nelson, page 279:

     Outside the minster walls were the cottages of the corrodiers, or folk who, for a corrody, or life pittance from the abbey, had given away their lands.