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manorial

manorial

1 9.9
Relating to a manor, the large house and land once run by a lord
  • adjective
  • /məˈnɔːrɪəl/
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  • Rosmadec also secured the services of the Franciscans of Saint-Brieuc to preach in another of his manorial chapels at Notre-Dame de la Cour.
  • manorial estates
  • manorial practice

Examples

  • Viewed from the outside, however, the Eastern Danish manorial villages were typified by fairly uniform features.

    Academic text (1995)
  • This inner logic was not uniquely determined by the manorial structure.

    Academic text (1995)
  • Manorial Practice and the Significance of Rent

    Academic text (1995)
  • Estate and village were, in the manorial society, interdependent.

    Academic text (1995)
  • As a result, all he did in the long run was create the legal basis for the feudal and manorial system.

    Blog text (19)
  • This variation in the forms of manorial practice had its counterpart among the other peasants.

    Academic text (1995)
  • Until around 1800, most land in Denmark had belonged to large manorial estates, and most rural residents lived as bound peasants on those estates.

    Academic text (1995)
  • Despite the fact that both parties were manorial peasants, they must have found it very difficult to understand each other’s lifestyles.

    Academic text (1995)
  • First, the social, structural conditions of life in a manorial system were outlined, focusing on the preconditions of being a peasant on the Giesegaard estate.

    Academic text (1995)
  • During the medieval period, the manorial system organized rural life and shaped the relationships between lords and peasants.

How Lordly

regal
30 5.3
lordly
1 8.1
seignorial
  • Archaic
9.9
baronial
1 8.5
manorial
1 9.9

Surface Forms

manorial positive

Morphology

manorial = manor (transparent) = manor + ial

Formed regularly from the noun 'manor' with the productive adjectival suffix '-ial', so the adjective meaning is directly related to 'manor'.

Etymology

Manorial comes from manor, the large house or estate where a lord lived, and that word comes from the Latin manere meaning 'to stay'. So manorial describes things that belong to or are about the manor and its old system of running the land.