NOUN
  • Definition - (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.
  • Definition - (history) A permission to exploit labour within the encomienda system; an enterprise established to exploit such a permission.
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10 Letter Words
dominances 15 macedoines 15 menadiones 13
9 Letter Words
comedians 14 demoniacs 14 dominance 14 macedoine 14 canonised 12 menadione 12 oceanside 12 adenosine 10
5 Letter Words
demic 10 domic 10 maced 10 medic 10 acmes 9 amice 9 amnic 9 cameo 9 cames 9 camis 9 camos 9 comae 9 comas 9 comes 9 emics 9 maces 9 macon 9 manic 9 mesic 9 micas 9 mince 9 monic 9 osmic 9 acids 8 acned 8 adeem 8 admen 8 admin 8 aimed 8 amend 8 amide 8 amido 8 amids 8 asdic 8 cades 8 cadis 8 caids 8 caned 8 canid 8 cased 8 cedes 8 cedis 8 cnida 8 codas 8 coden 8 codes 8 coeds 8 coned 8 daces 8 dames 8
4 Letter Words
acme 8 came 8 cami 8 camo 8 cams 8 coma 8 come 8 emic 8 mace 8 macs 8 mica 8 mice 8 mics 8 mocs 8 scam 8 aced 7 acid 7 amid 7 cade 7 cadi 7 cads 7 caid 7 cede 7 cedi 7 coda 7 code 7 cods 7 coed 7 dace 7 dame 7 damn 7 dams 7 deco 7 deem 7 deme 7 demo 7 dice 7 dime 7 dims 7 disc 7 docs 7 dome 7 doms 7 iced 7 idem 7 made 7 mads 7 maid 7 mead 7 meds 7
3 Letter Words
cam 7 mac 7 mic 7 moc 7 cad 6 cod 6 dam 6 dim 6 doc 6 dom 6 mad 6 med 6 mid 6 mod 6 ace 5 aim 5 ami 5 can 5 cee 5 cis 5 con 5 cos 5 eco 5 eme 5 emo 5 ems 5 ice 5 ism 5 mae 5 man 5 mas 5 men 5 mes 5 mis 5 moa 5 moi 5 mon 5 mos 5 nam 5 nim 5 nom 5 oca 5 oma 5 oms 5 sac 5 sec 5 sic 5 sim 5 soc 5 som 5
2 Letter Words
am 4 em 4 ma 4 me 4 mi 4 mo 4 om 4 ad 3 da 3 de 3 do 3 ed 3 id 3 od 3 ae 2 ai 2 an 2 as 2 en 2 es 2 in 2 is 2 na 2 ne 2 no 2 oe 2 oi 2 on 2 os 2 si 2 so 2
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