seigneurialism

seigneurialism

English

Etymology

From seigneurial +‎ -ism.

Noun

seigneurialism (uncountable)

1. Manorialism; feudalism.
   • 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 153:

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