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noun
A medieval Spanish land tenure equivalent to a knight's fee, held under an obligation for military service.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
Topics: law
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noun
A traditional Spanish unit of land area, equivalent to 38.64 ha.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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History
From Spanish caballería, from caballero (“horseman, gentleman, cowboy”) + -ía (“-y: forming nouns”), from Late Latin caballārius (“horseman, rider”), from Latin caballus (“horse”) + -ārius (“-ary”). Doublet of cavalry and chivalry.
