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(UK law, historical) Land held in villeinage, being distributed among the folk, or people, at the pleasure of the lord of the manor, and taken back at his discretion..
The folkland, the national fund, was administered and conveyed conjointly by the king and the witan.
Use folkland when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Folkland means (UK law, historical) Land held in villeinage, being distributed among the folk, or people, at the pleasure of the lord of the manor, and taken back at his discretion..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The folkland, the national fund, was administered and conveyed conjointly by the king and the witan.
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