ambacht.
handcraft, artisanry
Meaning & usage
handcraft, artisanry
a feudal corporation of craftsmen from one (group of) artisanal profession(s)
legal district judicial jurisdiction of a schout (reeve)
legal district a few of the above turned into an allodium
legal district former (Dutch) district for dike management, notably in West Frisia and until 1864 in Rijnland
Where this word comes from
From Middle Dutch ambacht, from Old Dutch ambaht, from Proto-Germanic *ambahtaz, from Gaulish ambaxtos, from Proto-Celtic *ambaxtos. The same source has led to the form ambt. Cognate with German Amt.
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