praedial

(prēdē əl)

adjective

  1. of or relating to land or stationary property; landed
  2. associated with farming; agrarian
  3. owing service as a tenant of land

Origin: ML praedialis < L praedium, farm, estate < praes, surety: see press

See praedial in American Heritage Dictionary 4

also pre·di·al

adjective
  1. Relating to, containing, or possessing land; landed.
  2. Attached to, bound to, or arising from the land: praedial serfs.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Medieval Latin praediālis, of an estate

Origin: , from Latin praedium, estate

Origin: , from praes, praed-, praevid-, surety, bondsman

Origin: : prae-, pre-

Origin: + vas, vad-, guarantor

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