manorializationn.
/məˌnɔːrɪəlʌɪˈzeɪʃn/, U.S. /məˌnɔriəlaɪˈzeɪʃən/, /məˌnɔriələˈzeɪʃən/ Transformation into a state characteristic of the manorial system; spec. the transition from the feudal to the manorial system in medieval Europe.
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society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > [noun] > copyhold > conforming or subjecting to manorial tenure
manorialization1903
1903 Amer. Hist. Rev. 8 336 The ‘free lordless villages’.., which are, of course, a stumbling block in the way of such early and wholesale manorialization, are ascribed to Danish influences.
1907 Q. Rev. July 147 Varieties occurred in the process of manorialisation.
1927 J. J. Hogan Eng. Lang. in Ireland 15 Manorialization was in full progress at the beginning of the thirteenth century in Leinster.
1960 Speculum 35 627 No region lacked some of the elements that could lead or were leading to manorialization.
1993 Amer. Sociol. Rev. 58 601/1 By putting previously public villages under private control, manorialization forced rich and poor to live next to each other.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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