emphyteuta

noun

em·​phy·​teu·​ta

-ütə

plural emphyteutae

-tˌē

: one holding land by emphyteusis

Word History

Etymology

Late Latin, from Late Greek emphyteutēs, from Greek emphyteuein

First Known Use

1660, in the meaning defined above

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