manerial, a. ? Obs.
(məˈnɪərɪəl)
[f. med.L. manēri-um manor + -al1.]
= manorial a.
| 1765 Blackstone Comm. I. 106 The landed property of the Atholl family, their manerial rights and emoluments, and the patronage of the bishoprick. 1791 J. Collinson Hist. Somerset II. 47 The manerial province of this place is vested in J. F. Luttrell. 1818 Hallam Mid. Ages ii. ii. (1819) I. 244 The manerial court of every vavassor represented in miniature that of his sovereign. Ibid. ix. ii. III. 420 Stones..were employed in the construction of manerial houses. 1839 Penny Cycl. XIV. 388/1 The lord's fee, or manerial seigniory. |