Definition of Booklands

1. Noun. (plural of bookland) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Booklands

1. bookland [n] - See also: bookland

Lexicographical Neighbors of Booklands

bookings
bookish
bookishly
bookishness
bookishnesses
bookjacket
bookjackets
bookkeep
bookkeeper
bookkeepers
bookkeeping
bookkeepings
bookkeeps
bookkept
bookland
booklands (current term)
bookless
booklessness
booklet
booklets
booklice
booklight
booklights
booklike
bookling
booklings
booklist
booklists
booklore
booklores

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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