How do you use Bookland in a sentence? See 9 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Bookland in a sentence
Bookland meaning
In Anglo-Saxon society, land held by charter or written title, free from all fief, fee, service, and fines. It was held chiefly by the nobility and denominated freeholders.
Using Bookland
- The main meaning on this page is: In Anglo-Saxon society, land held by charter or written title, free from all fief, fee, service, and fines. It was held chiefly by the nobility and denominated freeholders.
- In the example corpus, bookland often appears in combinations such as: bookland and.
Context around Bookland
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 4 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 9 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Bookland
- In this selection, "bookland" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, wesley, become, gardens, returned and country stand out and add context to how "bookland" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include afternoon at bookland gardens and folkland or bookland. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "bookland" sits close to words such as aargau, abacos and abboud, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with bookland
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
In Anglo-Saxon England property was either folkland or bookland. (10 words)
Booking land thus converted it by charter from folkland to bookland. (11 words)
The part of the EAN‑13 labeled "EAN" is the Bookland country code. (13 words)
He coined the terms the First Decimation of 844, which he saw as the removal of public dues on a tenth of all bookland, and the Second Decimation of 854, the donation of a tenth of "the private domain of the royal house" to the churches. (46 words)
In her view Æthelwulf then gave a 10% tax reduction on bookland, and ten years later he took the more generous step of "a widespread distribution of royal lands". (29 words)
The royal demesne was the crown's folkland, whereas the king's bookland was his own personal property which he could leave by will as he chose. (27 words)
Example sentences (9)
Guyana officially launched 15 new tourism experiences on the observance of World Tourism Day 2023 last Wednesday afternoon at Bookland Gardens.
Alberta’s Wesley Bookland returned a missed field goal 120 yards for a touchdown early in the opening quarter.
Booking land thus converted it by charter from folkland to bookland.
He coined the terms the First Decimation of 844, which he saw as the removal of public dues on a tenth of all bookland, and the Second Decimation of 854, the donation of a tenth of "the private domain of the royal house" to the churches.
In Anglo-Saxon England property was either folkland or bookland.
In her view Æthelwulf then gave a 10% tax reduction on bookland, and ten years later he took the more generous step of "a widespread distribution of royal lands".
In the decimation Æthelwulf may have conveyed royal folkland by charter to become bookland, in some cases to laymen who already rented the land.
The part of the EAN‑13 labeled "EAN" is the Bookland country code.
The royal demesne was the crown's folkland, whereas the king's bookland was his own personal property which he could leave by will as he chose.
Common combinations with bookland
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: