Get to know Manorial better with 8 real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like mansion or manse.
Manorial meaning
Of or pertaining to a manor or to manorialism.
Using Manorial
- The main meaning on this page is: Of or pertaining to a manor or to manorialism.
- Useful related words include: mansion, mansion house, manse, hall.
Context around Manorial
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 3 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 8 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Manorial
- In this selection, "manorial" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 20.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, owned, sufficient, pre, lordships, rights and estates stand out and add context to how "manorial" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include as manorial lordships were and feudal society manorial structures were. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "manorial" sits close to words such as aargau, abacos and abboud, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with manorial
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
There were two legal systems of pre-manorial landholding. (9 words)
These manorial courts were preserved under the Administration of Justice Act 1977. (12 words)
The royal courts operated alongside and in competition with ecclesiastic, manorial, urban, mercantile, and local courts. (16 words)
Lefebvre explains: Without debate the Assembly enthusiastically adopted equality of taxation and redemption of all manorial rights except for those involving personal servitude — which were to be abolished without indemnification. (30 words)
Occasionally, 19th-century non-noble landowners were referred to as szlachta by courtesy or error, when they owned manorial estates though they were not noble by birth. (27 words)
Some local landlords and aristocracy established their own strongholds to defend themselves and developed agriculture, which gradually evolved into a self-sufficient manorial system. (24 words)
Example sentences (8)
As manorial lordships were also opened to burgesses of certain privileged royal cities, not all landed gentry had a hereditary title of nobility.
Lefebvre explains: Without debate the Assembly enthusiastically adopted equality of taxation and redemption of all manorial rights except for those involving personal servitude — which were to be abolished without indemnification.
Occasionally, 19th-century non-noble landowners were referred to as szlachta by courtesy or error, when they owned manorial estates though they were not noble by birth.
Some local landlords and aristocracy established their own strongholds to defend themselves and developed agriculture, which gradually evolved into a self-sufficient manorial system.
There were two legal systems of pre-manorial landholding.
The royal courts operated alongside and in competition with ecclesiastic, manorial, urban, mercantile, and local courts.
These manorial courts were preserved under the Administration of Justice Act 1977.
Variation among manors Like feudalism which, together with manorialism, formed the legal and organizational framework of feudal society, manorial structures were not uniform.