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seigneurialism

noun

Etymology

From seigneurial + -ism.

  1. derived from seignor
  2. borrowed from seigneur
  3. suffixed as seigneurial — “seigneur + ial”
  4. suffixed as seigneurialism — “seigneurial + ism”

Definitions

  1. Manorialism

    Manorialism; feudalism.

    • In addition, peasants had to operate within a social and juridical system – seigneurialism, or féodalité (‘feudalism’) in contemporary parlance – which also inhibited innovation.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA