alienage

Noun
Synonyms: alienism

Open English WordNet

Noun (1)

  1. the quality of being alienSynonyms: alienismType of foreignness, strangeness
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Al′ien·age (…), noun

Origin: Cf. OF. aliénage.

1. The state or legal condition of being an alien.

☞ The disabilities of alienage are removable by naturalization or by special license from the State of residence, and in some of the United States by declaration of intention of naturalization. Kent. Wharton.

Estates forfeitable on account of alienage.— Joseph Story

2. The state of being alienated or transferred to another. Lord Henry Brougham

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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