landholding

noun

Etymology: From land + holding.

1. A piece of property (land) that is held (owned).

   “Thus the unendurable burden on the temples was lightened. For instance, the annual surtaxes of Buddhist temples' landholdings of Hsia-p'u county which had amounted to 515 taels in the late Ming dropped to 309 taels after Ch'ien-lung's edict, and to 229 taels soon afterwards.”

2. The state or practice of owning land.