manorialism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A political, economic and social system in medieval and early modern Europe; originally a form of serfdom but later a looser system in which land was administered via the local manor.

Word forms

manorialism

Etymology

From manorial + -ism.

Related words

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