"encomienda" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: encomiendas [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish encomienda (“grant”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|es|encomienda||grant}} Spanish encomienda (“grant”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} encomienda (countable and uncountable, plural encomiendas), {{tlb|en|historical}} (historical)
  1. (uncountable) 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. Tags: historical, uncountable
    Sense id: en-encomienda-en-noun-lcG~INJ6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 77 23
  2. (countable) A permission to exploit labour within the encomienda system; an enterprise established to exploit such a permission. Tags: countable, historical
    Sense id: en-encomienda-en-noun-5zqGGqLY
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: encomendero

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