heriotable

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English

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Etymology

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heriot +‎ -able

Adjective

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heriotable (not comparable)

  1. Subject to the payment of a heriot.
    • 1777, Joseph Nicolson, Richard Burn, The history and antiquities of the counties of Westmorland and Cumberland:
      The tenants are chiefly customary and heriotable.
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