Seigneurialism

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Manorialism; feudalism. uncountable

    "In addition, peasants had to operate within a social and juridical system – seigneurialism, or féodalité (‘feudalism’) in contemporary parlance – which also inhibited innovation."

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"In addition, peasants had to operate within a social and juridical system – seigneurialism, or féodalité (‘feudalism’) in contemporary parlance – which also inhibited innovation."

Etymology

From seigneurial + -ism.

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