the economic and social structure of medieval Europe which rendered peasants dependent on both their lord and their land
manorialism in American English
(məˈnɔriəˌlɪzəm, -ˈnour-)
noun
the manorial organization, or its principles and practices in the Middle Ages
Word origin
[1895–1900; manorial + -ism]This word is first recorded in the period 1895–1900. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Marxism, backstage, calling card, cutback, frame of reference-ism is a suffix appearing in loanwords from Greek, where it was used to form action nounsfrom verbs (baptism). On this model, -ism is used as a productive suffix in the formation of nouns denoting action or practice,state or condition, principles, doctrines, a usage or characteristic, devotion oradherence, etc. (criticism; barbarism; Darwinism; despotism; plagiarism; realism; witticism; intellectualism)