adscript
Definition
- Adjective:
- (Historical, of a person) Bound to a specific piece of land; a serf whose service is tied to the land and transferable with it to a new owner.
- (Typography) Written or printed immediately following another character and aligned with it, without a space; subscript.
Usage Examples
Adjective (Historical):
- The adscript peasants could not leave the estate without their lord's permission.
- Unlike a slave, an adscript serf had certain customary rights but was still bound to the land.
Adjective (Typography):
- In the chemical formula H₂O, the numeral '2' is an adscript character.
- The footnote number was placed as an adscript to the relevant word.
Advanced Usage
- "Adscript to the soil": A formal historical phrase describing the condition of serfs bound to a landed estate.
- The peasantry in that region were considered adscript to the soil.
Variants and Related Words
- Adscription (n): The state or condition of being adscript.
- The system of adscription was common in feudal societies.
Synonyms
- Bound (adj): Tied or fastened.
- Subscript (adj, typography): Written or printed below the line.
- Enserfed (adj, historical): Made into a serf.
Antonyms
- Free (adj): Not under the control or in the power of another.
- Superscript (adj, typography): Written or printed above the line.
Adjective
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(used of persons) bound to a tract of land; hence their service is transferable from owner to owner
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an adscript serf
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written or printed immediately following another character and aligned with it
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