magnanery
Sign in to savethumb|200px|right|A former magnanery in Luberon A magnanery () is the site of sericulture, or silk farming, similar to a farm being the site of agriculture. The yeoman who runs it is called a magnanier or, more recently, a mangnan. The word magnanière, meaning building dedicated to sericulture, is also seen.
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Within Vinony's link graph, magnanery is referenced by 40 other articles, and connects out to Silk industry in the People's Republic of China, France and French.
It is catalogued under topics including Sericulture, Silk production and Textile industry in France.
Its subject is documented across 6 Wikipedia language editions.
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thumb|200px|right|A former magnanery in Luberon A magnanery () is the site of sericulture, or silk farming, similar to a farm being the site of agriculture. The yeoman who runs it is called a magnanier or, more recently, a mangnan. The word magnanière, meaning building dedicated to sericulture, is also seen.
The word originated from the Occitan word magnan, as Provence was the centre of French sericulture.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “magnanery” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.