1. the act or process of reducing a person to the status of a serf; the condition of being a serf.
Usage: historical; archaic

Examples

• The enserfment of peasants in medieval Europe tied them to the land for generations.
• Historians study the enserfment process to understand feudal social structures.
• The lord's policies led to the enserfment of formerly free laborers.
• Enserfment was a common practice in Eastern Europe during the Middle Ages.
• The gradual enserfment of the population reflected the consolidation of feudal power.