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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In old law, corn paid by a tenant to his superior as rent or in lieu of service.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Old Eng. Law) A reserved rent in corn, formerly paid to religious houses by their tenants or farmers.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A reserved rent in corn, formerly paid to religious houses by their tenants or farmers.

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