alienage Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the quality of being alien
    alienism.

WordNet

Al"ien*age noun
Etymology
Cf. OF. aliénage.
Definitions
  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. Story.
  2. The state of being alienated or transferred to another. Brougham.

Webster 1913