repartimiento
noun
in colonial Spanish America, a system of allotting to colonists or colonial enterprises Indigenous laborers to carry out forced labor in mines or in agriculture.
repartimientos
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pluralof repartimiento.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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You are to give repartimientos to not more than one hundred men because the land is large and the Indians many.
From History of the Spanish Conquest of Yucatan and of the Itzas Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology, Hard University. Vol. VII. by Philip Ainsworth Means
The vacant repartimientos are very necessary to reward the many persons who have served, and who complain with reason that the royal estate is always increasing, and yet it has many debts.
Unconditional liberty for the Indians; 2. Suppression of both repartimientos and encomiendas; 3.
From Bartholomew de Las Casas; his life, apostolate, and writings by Francis Augustus MacNutt
That he should use moderation in making repartimientos and tributes, not overtaxing the people, which moderation would be furthered by his taking care that his personal and his household expenses were within due bounds.
From The Life of Columbus by Sir Arthur Helps
The admiral gave repartimientos to those followers of Roldan who chose to stay in the island, which were constituted in the following manner.
From The Life of Columbus by Sir Arthur Helps
