censive

Borrowed from French censive, from Medieval Latin censivus; compare English census.

censive (comparative more censive, superlative most censive)

1. (law, historical) Relating to censive tenure; held in return for the payment of a cens (a feudal rent).

Rare outside legal-historical contexts; chiefly used in collocations such as censive tenure, censive land.

• “censive”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

censive (plural censives)

1. (law, historical) Land held under censive tenure; a censive holding.

From Medieval Latin censivus and French recensement.

• IPA^(key): /sɑ̃.siv/

censive f (plural censives)

1. (law, historical) censive

• censivement

• “censive”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012