endenizationn.
Obsolete. rare.
The process of making (a person) a denizen or citizen.
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society > law > legal right > right of specific class, person, or place > [noun] > status or rights of being a citizen > position or rights of native-born > granting
naturalization1558
endenization1579
naturalizing1606
endenizing1643
1579 J. Stubbs Discouerie Gaping Gulf sig. Cj They..are accompted members with us of thys body by endenization or enfraunchisement.
1643 W. Prynne Opening Great Seale 17 Secondly, of Indenization or Enfranchisment.
1685 J. Evelyn Mem. (1857) II. 258 There were also another pardon, and two indenizations.
?1709 L. Milbourne Melius Inquirendum 8 Our law-books give us an account of endenization.
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