Definition of Enserfment

1. Noun. The act or process of enserfing; enslavement. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Enserfment

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Enserfment

enseint
ensellure
ensellures
ensemble
ensembles
ensembling
ensemblist
ensemblists
ensepulcher
ensepulchered
ensepulchering
ensepulchers
enserf
enserfed
enserfing
enserfment (current term)
enserfments
enserfs
ensew
ensewed
ensewing
ensews
enshackle
ensheath
ensheathe
ensheathed
ensheathes
ensheathing
ensheathing callus
ensheaths

Literary usage of Enserfment

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

1. The Gentleman's Magazine (1854)
"... or, to prevent her complete enserfment and Polish massacre-repose, the great European powers will at last be compelled to remember their oaths at Vienna ..."

2. England and the North: The Russian Embassy of 1613-1614 by Maija Jansson, N. M. Rogozhin, Paul Bushkovitch (1994)
"... and the Livonian War, with the introduction of brutal enserfment legislation, and the struggle for power at the top (the "crisis at the top"). ..."

3. The Princess & the Patriot: Ekaterina Dashkova, Benjamin Franklin , And the by Sue Ann Prince, American Philosophical Society Museum (2005)
"In fact, the enserfment of the peasantry was a relatively late development in Russia, emerging in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries in response to ..."

4. Sustaining the Transition: The Social Safety Net in Postcommunist Europe by Ethan B. Kapstein, Michael Mandelbaum (1997)
"... into capital to promote industrialization, Stalin imposed in blood and violence the collective farm system—the effective re-enserfment of millions. ..."

5. The Gentleman's Magazine (1854)
"... or, to prevent her complete enserfment and Polish massacre-repose, the great European powers will at last be compelled to remember their oaths at Vienna ..."

6. England and the North: The Russian Embassy of 1613-1614 by Maija Jansson, N. M. Rogozhin, Paul Bushkovitch (1994)
"... and the Livonian War, with the introduction of brutal enserfment legislation, and the struggle for power at the top (the "crisis at the top"). ..."

7. The Princess & the Patriot: Ekaterina Dashkova, Benjamin Franklin , And the by Sue Ann Prince, American Philosophical Society Museum (2005)
"In fact, the enserfment of the peasantry was a relatively late development in Russia, emerging in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries in response to ..."

8. Sustaining the Transition: The Social Safety Net in Postcommunist Europe by Ethan B. Kapstein, Michael Mandelbaum (1997)
"... into capital to promote industrialization, Stalin imposed in blood and violence the collective farm system—the effective re-enserfment of millions. ..."

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