patroonshipn.
/pəˈtruːnʃɪp/, U.S. /pəˈtrunˌʃɪp/ U.S. historical.
The office or position of patroon; the estate of a patroon (patroon n. 4).
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the mind > possession > possessions > [noun] > real or immovable property > land > land owned or occupied by specific class of person
cotlanda1150
knighttec1380
lairdship1397
thanage14..
marchionatc1449
pittancery1519
marquesya1525
marquisdom1530
marquisatea1544
peership1594
peerdom1611
vavasory1611
thane-landa1641
marquisshipa1680
starosty1681
freedom1752
peerage1759
pollam1765
senatory1804
squireship1824
majorat1827
dukery1837
patroonship1848
squatment1860
1848 W. Irving Hist. N.Y. (rev. ed.) iii. v. 171 Such was the patroon Killian Van Rensellaer, who had come out from Holland to found a colony or patroonship on a great tract of wild land.
1884 Mag. Amer. Hist. 12 11 His estate would be constituted a manor, or in Dutch parlance a patroonship, with privileges similar to those of a baron in England.
1924 H. D. Eberlein Manors & Hist. Homes Hudson Valley 51 John Archer bought the southern portion of the erstwhile Patroonship and also a certain tract of land lying to the south of it.
1940 L. M. Hacker Triumph Amer. Capitalism ix. 110 In the Dutch New Netherlands..the basis of settlement and tenure was the patroonship.
1998 Jrnl. Amer. Hist. 85 46 They were required to remain in the patroonship, or domain, for three to four years and to work at a specific job.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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