Definition of Landholding

1. Noun. Ownership of land; the state or fact of owning land.

Generic synonyms: Ownership

2. Noun. A holding in the form of land.
Generic synonyms: Belongings, Holding, Property

Definition of Landholding

1. Noun. A piece of property (land) that is held (owned). ¹

2. Noun. The state of owning land. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Landholding

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Landholding

landfyrd
landgirl
landgirls
landgrab
landgrabber
landgrabbers
landgrabs
landgrave
landgraves
landgraviate
landgraviates
landgravine
landgravines
landholder
landholders
landholding (current term)
landholdings
landing
landing approach
landing craft
landing deck
landing field
landing flap
landing gear
landing net
landing page
landing pages
landing party
landing place
landing ship

Literary usage of Landholding

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Actual Government as Applied Under American Conditions by Albert Bushnell Hart (1903)
"Private landholding. The first element of national, as of individual, ... (3) landholding subject to a quit-rent, or annual payment to state or proprietor, ..."

2. Transactions of the Royal Historical Society by Royal Historical Society (Great Britain) (1877)
"IN the paper which I read last year upon the History of landholding in England, I described the principles which underlie the distribution of land among the ..."

3. Foreign Rights and Interests in China by Westel Woodbury Willoughby (1920)
"landholding in the foreign " settlements " or " concessions " will receive consideration in the section dealing with the legal status and administration of ..."

4. The Economic Review by Christian Social Union (Great Britain), Oxford University Branch (1907)
"COLLECTIVE landholding IN ITALY.—Italy \a at the present time all astir with experimental co-operation, more particularly in its rural districts, ..."

5. The Principles of Sociology by Edward Alsworth Ross (1920)
"... The communal system of landholding, which once prevailed in Western Europe and still dominates in Russia, so ties the peasant with his fellows that he ..."

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