ENCOMIENDAS
11 letters
16 Scrabble points
Definition of ENCOMIENDAS
noun
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(history) A system in Spain and, later and more extensively, in Spanish colonies, in which the right to exploit the labour of certain groups of subject people (initially, Muslims, during the Reconquista) was granted to conquerors; servitude within this system.
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(history) A permission to exploit labour within the encomienda system; an enterprise established to exploit such a permission.
Source: Wiktionary
Word Details
Letters
E
N
C
O
M
I
E
N
D
A
S
Length
11 letters
Scrabble Score
16 points