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Definition of Booklands
1. bookland [n] - See also: bookland
Lexicographical Neighbors of Booklands
Literary usage of Booklands
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Short History of England by Charles McLean Andrews (1912)
"These lands were called booklands, and a single bookland might include many ...
At first, booklands were given without any condition attached, ..."
2. Publications by English Historical Society (1839)
"paying land did not pass by charter at all, and that the tenure was in general
of an inferior character; so that the reservation of rent in booklands is ..."
3. The Constitutional History of England in Its Origin and Development by William Stubbs (1903)
"... wore turned into booklands in favour of either churches or individuals, and
all their obligations save the ..."
4. The Foundations of England; Or, Twelve Centuries of British History (B.C. 55 by James Henry Ramsay (1898)
"Hitherto the theory had been that the special privileges of booklands could not
be conferred without the assent of the community. From the middle of the gth ..."
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