Definitions for corrody

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corrody cor·ro·dy

Spelling: [kawr-uh-dee, kor-]

IPA: /ˈkɔr ə di, ˈkɒr-/

Corrody is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 68 anagrams from letters in corrody (cdoorry).

Definitions for corrody

noun

1. Old English Law. corody.
2. a right to receive maintenance in the form of housing, food, or clothing, especially the right enjoyed by the sovereign or a private benefactor to receive such maintenance from a religious house.
3. the housing, food, or clothing so received.

Origin of corrody

1375-1425; late Middle English corrodie Anglo-French Medieval Latin corrōdium outfit, provision, variant of conrēdium Vulgar Latin *conrēd(āre) to outfit, provide with (equivalent to con-

Examples for corrody

The vicar of the parish had a corrody in the house, consisting of a right to board and lodging for himself and a serving boy.

The Abbess of Malling in 1324 was forbidden to give a corrody to her maid.