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| her·i·ot [ hérree ət ] (plural her·i·ots) |
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death duty in medieval England: in feudal England, a tribute or gift, often a prized animal or a treasured possession, given by a tenant's or villein's family to his lord at the tenant's death
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| [ Old English heregeatwa "army trappings"; originally referring to the return of weapons] |
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