manorializev.
/məˈnɔːrɪəlʌɪz/, U.S. /məˈnɔriəˌlaɪz/ transitive. To convert (a place, society, etc.) to the manorial system.
ΘΚΠ
society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > have tenure of or hold as tenant [verb (transitive)] > convert to specific type of tenure
manorialize1896
crofterize-
1896 C. M. Andrews in R. H. I. Palgrave Dict. Polit. Econ. II. 684 Economic life had become manorialised but not feudalised.
1939 Antiquity 13 22 Villages which were but partially manorialized.
1955 Speculum 30 678 Can this [sc. Scotland's economic situation in the 1350] be traced back to the failure of the Normans to manorialize the country completely..?
1989 Speculum 64 886 The Vale of Gloucester was always imperfectly manorialized.
Derivatives
maˈnorializing adj.
ΚΠ
1898 F. W. Maitland Township & Borough 45 A time when the feudalizing and manorializing processes are at work.
1918 Eng. Hist. Rev. Jan. 70 The king..must forestall the lord's manorializing tendency by adding these thegns and freemen to his own estates.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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