- a variation of praedial.
predial
Americanadjective
adjective
Example Sentences
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Therefore it would seem that the clergy are bound to pay predial tithes.
From Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province by Saint Aquinas Thomas
In the predial, peaceful routine of their days there is a positive similarity.
From Sergeant York And His People by Sam K. (Sam Kinkade) Cowan
It has been taken to denote two degrees of servitude—the predial dependence of a colonus and the personal dependence of a true slave.
From Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History by Paul Vinogradoff
The predial groove might indeed nourish kindly the infant seeds and shoots of the peculiar vegetable to which it was appropriated, but was not a comfortable place of repose for adult man.
From The Book-Hunter A New Edition, with a Memoir of the Author by John Hill Burton
Account of the mode of rectifying the inequalities of the predial taille in the generality of Montauban, 352.
From An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Germain Garnier
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