predial
/ˈpriːdɪəl
/adjective
1 archaic Relating to land or the cultivation of land.Hit by a spate of praedial larceny, Aranguez farmers are now using deadly pit bulls and Rottweilers to guard their food crops at night....
- Julius is ‘predial’ - of the land; John is ‘proprietary’ - over the land.
- They are now calling Aranguez - long known as the food basket of the country - the praedial larceny capital of the country.
1.1 historical (Of a tithe) consisting of agricultural produce.
1.2 historical Relating to or denoting a slave or tenant attached to farms or the land.
noun historical
A predial slave.
Origin
Late Middle English: from medieval Latin praedialis, from Latin praedium 'farm'.