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seigneurialism en · NOUN

Etymology

From seigneurial + -ism.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) 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. 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 153: