craft guild

collocation in English

meaningsofcraftandguild

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craft
noun
uk
/krɑːft/us
/kræft/
skill and experience, especially in relation to making objects; a job or activity that needs skill and experience, or something produced using skill ...
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guild
noun[C]
uk
/ɡɪld/us
/ɡɪld/
an organization of people who do the same job or have the ...
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(Definition ofcraftandguildfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Craft guilds and professional bodies apply them to individuals.
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Craft guilds with a total of 3445 members existed as well.
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Labor unions and craft guilds have played a historic role in the negotiation of worker rights and wages.
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Other early guilds included the craft guilds, representing specific trades.
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The latter were either merchant guilds and craft guilds.
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When my fellows and myself worked for seven years in the coach-building industry, the natural corollary was that we joined ourcraftguild.
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Membership of acraftguildhas reference to that position.
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Apprenticeship means association with a craft, and, when one comes to the age of 20 or 21, it is the natural corollary that one becomes associated with hiscraftguild.
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This body was very unlike the elite scholarly institutions; it was more like acraftguildwith a penchant for spectacular demonstrations.
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These were more complex products for a labor structure driven by a densely populatedcraftguildenvironment.
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For example, there is no mention of qanats, the craft guilds, or recent research on conversion during the 10th and 11th centuries.
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It established an urgent demand for redevelopment and a consequent relaxation of the restrictive practices of the craft guilds.
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Far from being democratic regimes, some institutional link usually existed between the craft guilds and the city council.
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Even independent unmarried women were disadvantaged on account of ' occupational crowding ' in the few occupations open to them, since they were rigorously excluded by the craft guilds.
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As compared with many craft guilds, the barriers for entering a retail guild were low - they generally asked much lower entrance fees and imposed fewer restrictions to membership.
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It was very clear cut, and the formula was based on the old craft guilds.
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It was one of the more successful craft guilds of its time.
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The craft guilds required relatively stable markets and a relative equality of income and opportunity amongst their members to function effectively.
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However, the admission of the craft guilds into the traditionally patrician city government probably spurred interest in expanding the building.
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They or their family members could not join cooperatives or craft guilds.
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