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adscription

noun
ad·​scrip·​tion | \ (ˈ)adz-¦krip-shən, (ˈ)ad-¦skrip-\
plural -s

Definition of adscription

: the quality or state of being added, annexed, or bound adscription of serfs adscription of an estate

First Known Use of adscription

1604, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for adscription

Latin adscription-, adscriptio, ascription-, ascriptio written addition (influenced in meaning by Medieval Latin adscriptitius)

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