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noun
An area of land belonging to a church or monastery
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Ireland, historical
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Synonyms: termon land
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noun
boundary of the monastic grounds, generally marked by a stone cross
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh2-? Proto-Indo-European *ter-? Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *térmn̥ Proto-Italic *termn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *term(e)nos Latin terminusder. Middle Irish termonn Irish tearmannbor. English termon From Irish tearmann, from Middle Irish termonn (“church land affording right of sanctuary”), from Latin terminus (“limit”). Doublet of term and terminus.
