corrodyとは 意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• corody

語源

From Latin corrodium, corredium, conredium (“furniture, provision”): compare Old French conroi. See curry.

発音

• IPA: /ˈkɒɹədi/

名詞

corrody (plural corrodies)

1. (obsolete or historical) A form of pension or annuity given by a religious institution as provision for maintenance.
   • 1983, Richard I Harper, “A Note on Corrodies in the Fourteenth Century”, in Albion: A Quarterly Journal Concerned with British Studies‎, volume 15, number 2, page 95:

     The corrody became first and foremost a grant of money or victuals, or other means of livelihood, made by a monastery or other religious or charitable corporation to dependents on its bounty.

   • 2022, Alison K. McHardy, chapter 2, in James Bothwell and J. S. Hamilton, editors, Fourteenth Century England XII, Boydell & Brewer, page 29:

     Corrodies were of three kinds: retirement arrangements for former abbots and priors; private deals struck by outsiders to provide board and lodging, in return for gifts of cash or property; and […] grants to crown servants.

関連する語

• corrodier