Noun
a holding in the form of land
ownership of land; the state or fact of owning land
Source: WordNetThe first liberating revolutions never destroyed the large landholding powers that always constituted a reactionary force and upheld the principle of servitude on the land. Che Guevara
Large landholding families also took advantages of the weakness of central government and established their own armies. Source: Internet
Some commentators attribute the slow economic growth to: the negative impact of Spanish rule, the concentration of landholding by few families, and the reactionary role of the Catholic Church. Source: Internet
There were two legal systems of pre-manorial landholding. Source: Internet
This terrain encouraged the development of larger landholding, thus influencing the social structure of southern Albania. Source: Internet
Mr. Lee married Tseng Wen-fui, the daughter of a prosperous landholding family, in 1949, and both became devoted Presbyterians. Source: Internet