荘しょう園えん

noun

manor; demesne

Historical term for a large private estate or manor, especially in medieval Japan, often associated with the shōen system.

• 中ちゅう世せいの日本にほんでは、荘しょう園えんが貴き族ぞくや寺じ社しゃの経けい済ざい基き盤ばんだった。

  In medieval Japan, manors were the economic foundation of the nobility and temples.

• この地ち域いきには多おおくの荘しょう園えんが存そん在ざいした。

  Many manors existed in this region.