Meanings
plural landholdings
- countableA piece of property (land) that is held (owned).
Thus the unendurable burden on the temples was lightened. For instance, the annual surtaxes of Buddhist temples' landholdings of Hsia-p'u county which had amounted to 515 taels in the late Ming dropped to 309 taels after Ch'ien-lung's edict, and to 229 taels soon afterwards.
1990, Eduard B. Vermeer, Development and Decline of Fukien Province in the 17th and 18th Centuries, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 97Synonyms: landhold
- countableuncountableThe state or practice of owning land.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA piece of property (land) that is held (owned).
Origin
Translations
Finnish maanomistus
- maanomistusstate of owning land
Irish gabháltas
- gabháltaspiece of property that is held
Polish dzierżawa, dzierżawa
- dzierżawapiece of property that is held
- dzierżawastate of owning land
Cite this entry
landholding. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/landholding
“landholding.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/landholding. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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