villainage
or vil·lan·age
a variant of villeinage.
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How to use villainage in a sentence
Vinogradoff, villainage, 149, gives a few instances of its occurrence; but it seems to be very rare.
Domesday Book and Beyond | Frederic William Maitlandvillainage as an institution continued to exist and to characterize the position of the mass of the peasantry.
An Introduction to the Industrial and Social History of England | Edward Potts CheyneyThey who were born in villainage, were born to an inheritance of labour, but not of inevitable depravity and wretchedness.
The minor law books of the thirteenth century follow Bracton in this identification of villainage with slavery.
Villainage in England | Paul VinogradoffAs to the general aspect of villainage in the legal theory of English feudalism there can be no doubt.
Villainage in England | Paul Vinogradoff
British Dictionary definitions for villainage
/ (ˈvɪlənɪdʒ) /
a variant spelling of villeinage
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