Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun copyhold

1 sense of copyhold

Sense 1
copyhold -- (a medieval form of land tenure in England; a copyhold was a parcel of land granted to a peasant by the lord of the manor in return for agricultural services)
       => tenure, land tenure -- (the right to hold property; part of an ancient hierarchical system of holding lands)