On this page you'll find 9 example sentences with Encomienda. Discover the meaning, how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Encomienda meaning
- A system in Spain and, later and more extensively, in Spanish colonies, in which the right to exploit the labour of certain groups of subject people (initially, Muslims, during the Reconquista) was granted to conquerors; servitude within this system.
- A permission to exploit labour within the encomienda system; an enterprise established to exploit such a permission.
Using Encomienda
- The main meaning on this page is: A system in Spain and, later and more extensively, in Spanish colonies, in which the right to exploit the labour of certain groups of subject people (initially, Muslims, during the Reconquista) was granted to conquerors; servitude within this system. | A permission to exploit labour within the encomienda system; an enterprise established to exploit such a permission.
- In the example corpus, encomienda often appears in combinations such as: the encomienda, encomienda system.
Context around Encomienda
- Average sentence length in these examples: 29.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 4 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 9 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Encomienda
- In this selection, "encomienda" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 29.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, system and indians stand out and add context to how "encomienda" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include bosses of encomienda indians and established the encomienda system under. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "encomienda" sits close to words such as aargau, abacos and abboud, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with encomienda
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Progressively the encomienda system, which granted tribute (access to indigenous labor and taxation) to European settlers, was set in place. (20 words)
Under the Spanish New Laws of 1552, indigenous Cuban were freed from encomienda, and seven towns for indigenous peoples were set up. (22 words)
The Church granted Jesuits extensive powers to phase out the encomienda system, angering settlers dependent on a continuing supply of Indian labor and concubines. (24 words)
In the last years of his life he yielded to pressure from settlers and established the encomienda system, under which Spanish settlers received estates of land along with the right to the labor and produce of natives who were living on this land. (43 words)
The Spanish colonizers introduced the encomienda system of forced labor, which in central Mexico built on indigenous traditions of rendering tribute and labor to rulers in their own communities and local rulers rendering tribute to higher authorities. (37 words)
A multitude of reforms and regulations did not prevent the encomienda from becoming a system of virtual slavery of the Native Ecuadorians, estimated at about one-half the total Ecuadorian population, who lived on them. (35 words)
Example sentences (9)
A multitude of reforms and regulations did not prevent the encomienda from becoming a system of virtual slavery of the Native Ecuadorians, estimated at about one-half the total Ecuadorian population, who lived on them.
As governor of Peru, Pizarro used the encomienda system to grant virtually unlimited authority over groups of native Peruvians to his soldier companions, thus forming the colonial land-tenure structure.
Cortés managed the founding of new cities and appointed men to extend Spanish rule to all of New Spain, imposing the encomienda system in 1524.
In the last years of his life he yielded to pressure from settlers and established the encomienda system, under which Spanish settlers received estates of land along with the right to the labor and produce of natives who were living on this land.
Progressively the encomienda system, which granted tribute (access to indigenous labor and taxation) to European settlers, was set in place.
The Church granted Jesuits extensive powers to phase out the encomienda system, angering settlers dependent on a continuing supply of Indian labor and concubines.
The Spanish colonizers introduced the encomienda system of forced labor, which in central Mexico built on indigenous traditions of rendering tribute and labor to rulers in their own communities and local rulers rendering tribute to higher authorities.
Under the Spanish New Laws of 1552, indigenous Cuban were freed from encomienda, and seven towns for indigenous peoples were set up.
Where indigenous labor was absent or needed supplementing, the Spanish brought African slaves, often as skilled laborers or artisans, or as labor bosses of encomienda Indians.
Common combinations with encomienda
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: