1. owning land, especially a large amount of land

1. the practice or state of owning land

Examples

• The landowning aristocracy controlled much of the countryside.
• She came from a wealthy landowning family.
• Landowning has been a source of power for centuries.
• The government encouraged landowning among small farmers.
• Many landowning estates were broken up after the war.
• He studied the history of landowning in rural America.