[f. L. allōdium + -FICATION, as if on a vb. *allodify, of which no instance is cited.] The conversion of land into allodium; the making of it absolutely freehold.
1875. Blackie’s Pop. Encycl., I. 119/1. In such allodification, a part of the value must be paid as a compensation to the former lord.
1879. Baring-Gould, Germany, I. 52. The result of the allodification has therefore been to sever the gentry from the soil.
