praedial

praedial
adjective /ˈpɹiːdɪəl,ˈpɻidiəl/
a) Of or pertaining to land or its products.

Nothing, for instance, can be more disgraceful to human nature than the state of prædial slavery, or serfs attached to the glebe, when Malabar was under the dominion of the "mild Hindu."

b) Coming from or the occupation of land.

After the Black Death many villeins, viewing enviously the high wages earned by those no longer bound to render predial services, began to think that the conditions in which they were placed were no longer generally fair.


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  • Praedial — Pr[ae] di*al, a. See {Predial}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • praedial — praediality, n. /pree dee euhl/, adj. 1. of, pertaining to, or consisting of land or its products; real; landed. 2. arising from or consequent upon the occupation of land. 3. attached to land. Also, predial. [1425 75; late ME < ML praedialis… …   Universalium

  • Praedial — Service or due owed a lord by a *serf or tenant which was attached to the *fief or tenure. These are distinguished from other services known as * aids , which were deemed personal …   Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases

  • praedial — prɪːdɪəl adj. of land, of soil, of earth; agricultural, pertaining to farming, of cultivating soil …   English contemporary dictionary

  • praedial — prae·di·al …   English syllables

  • praedial — prae•di•al or predial [[t]ˈpri di əl[/t]] adj. 1) of or pertaining to land or its products 2) arising from or consequent upon the occupation of land 3) attached to land • Etymology: 1425–75; < ML praediālis landed = L praedi(um) farm, estate + …   From formal English to slang

  • praedial — /ˈpridiəl/ (say preedeeuhl) adjective 1. of, relating to, or consisting of land or its products; real; landed. 2. arising from or consequent upon the occupation of land. 3. attached to land. Also, predial. {Medieval Latin praediālis, from Latin… …  

  • praedial —   , predial   a. of land, farming, etc …   Dictionary of difficult words

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