praedial
UK/ˈpɹiːdɪəl/US/ˈpɹidi.əl/
praedial adjective: of or pertaining to land or its products.
Adjective
praedial (comparative more praedial, superlative most praedial)
- Of or pertaining to land or its products.
- Coming from or from the occupation of land.
- Attached to the land (of slavery etc.); having to work on the land or an estate; deriving from the land.
- Nothing, for instance, can be more disgraceful to human nature than the state of prædial slavery, or serfs attached to the glebe, when Malabar was under the dominion of the "mild Hindu."1855, Sir Richard Burton, Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah, Dover 1964, p. 60 (n.)
- After the Black Death many villeins, viewing enviously the high wages earned by those no longer bound to render predial services, began to think that the conditions in which they were placed were no longer generally fair.1969, Philip Ziegler, The Black Death, Folio Society, published 2006, page 216
Noun
praedial (plural praedials)
- A slave bound to work on the land or an estate.
praedial meaning in Tamil
praedial in Tamil
- நிலந்தொடர்பான, நிலத்தில் விளைந்த, நிலம் சார்ந்த, நிலத்தோடு இணைக்கப்பட்ட, பண்ணை
Forms of praedial
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more praedial |
| superlative | most praedial |
| alternative form | prædial |
| alternative form | predial |
| Noun | |
| plural | praedials |
Origin of praedial
From Medieval Latin praediālis, from Latin praedium (“farm, estate, land”).
Words formed from praedial
Words that rhyme with praedial
- medial
- intermedial
- postmedial
- remedial
- alligation medial
- antemedial
- anteromedial
- antimedial
- basomedial
- bimedial
- buccomedial
- caudomedial
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- centromedial
- corticomedial
- craniomedial
- distomedial
- dorsomedial
- ectomedial
- frontomedial
- inferomedial
- labiomedial
- lateromedial
- mesomedial
- multimedial
- nonmedial
- orbitomedial
- paramedial
- plantomedial
- posteromedial
- posteroventromedial
- predial
- premedial
- proximomedial
- radiomedial
- rostromedial
- stapedial
- submedial
- superomedial
- temporomedial
- unimedial
- uredial
- ventromedial
Questions about praedial
- What does praedial mean?
- Praedial means of or pertaining to land or its products.
- What is praedial in Tamil?
- Praedial in Tamil is நிலந்தொடர்பான, நிலத்தில் விளைந்த, நிலம் சார்ந்த. See Praedial meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is praedial?
- Praedial can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce praedial?
- Praedial is pronounced /ˈpɹiːdɪəl/ (UK).
Words near praedial in the dictionary
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