manorial system

noun

1. manorialism.

Word History and Origins

Origin of manorial system¹

First recorded in 1955–60

Example Sentences

It will embrace also both the German and the Roman sources of serfdom and of the manorial system of land management.

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And the result seems to have been the almost universal prevalence of the manorial system in these districts.

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Now we are far from saying that the manorial system of rural economy is thus invented.

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It was the ancient manorial system that was threatened most of all by the depopulation.

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The manorial system was in fact a combination of large farming by the lords, and small farming by the tenants.

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