職分田しきぶんでん

noun

tax-exempt land for high officials (ritsuryō system)

Historical term from the ritsuryō legal system; refers to land granted to high-ranking government officials that was exempt from taxation.

• 律りつ令りょう制せいでは、高こう位いの官かん人じんに職分田しきぶんでんが与あたえられた。

  Under the ritsuryō system, high-ranking officials were granted shikibunden (tax-exempt land).