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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024cor•o•dy (kôr′ə dē, kor′-),USA pronunciation n., pl. -dies. [Old Eng. Law.]- Lawa right to receive maintenance in the form of housing, food, or clothing, esp. the right enjoyed by the sovereign or a private benefactor to receive such maintenance from a religious house.
- Lawthe housing, food, or clothing so received.
Also, corrody. - Gmc; compare Old English rædan to equip, provide for, ready) + Latin -ium -ium
- Vulgar Latin *conrēd(āre) to outfit, provide with (equivalent. to con- con- + *-rēdāre
- Medieval Latin corrōdium outfit, provision, variant of conrēdium
- Anglo-French
- late Middle English corrodie 1375–1425
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