Villainage

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of villeinage. alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable

    "In any suit against his lord the proof of his condition of villainage was sufficient to put him out of court, and his only recourse was the local court of the manor, where the lord himself or his representative presided."

  2. 2
    the legal status or condition of servitude of a villein or feudal serf wordnet

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villeinagevilleinage

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"In any suit against his lord the proof of his condition of villainage was sufficient to put him out of court, and his only recourse was the local court of the manor, where the lord himself or his representative presided."

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