VILLENAGE

Meaning of VILLENAGE in English

noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from vilein, vilain Date: 14th century tenure at the will of a feudal lord by villein services, the status of a villein

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VILLENAGE — noun also vil·lein·age or vil·lain·age -nij ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English vilenage, from Middle French, from Old French, from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
VILLENAGE — (n.) Villanage.
Английский словарь Webster
VILLENAGE — ( n. ) Villanage.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
VILLENAGE — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from vilein, vilain Date: 14th century 1. : tenure at the will of a …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
VILLENAGE — noun villanage.
Webster English vocab
VILLENAGE — [vil.len.age] n [ME vilenage, fr. MF, fr. OF, fr. vilein, vilain] (14c) 1: tenure at the will of a feudal …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
VILLENAGE — Synonyms and related words : absolutism, adverse possession, alodium, bond service, bondage, burgage, captivity, claim, colony, control, de facto, de …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
VILLENAGE — Function: noun Synonyms: BONDAGE , enslavement, helotry, peonage, serfdom, servitude, slavery, thrall, thralldom, yoke
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
VILLENAGE — noun Synonyms: bondage , enslavement, helotry, peonage, serfdom, servitude, slavery, thrall, thralldom, yoke
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
VILLENAGE — Pronunciation: ' vi-l ə -nij Function: noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from vilein, vilain Date: 14th century 1 : …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
VILLANAGE — (-aje) n [Hist.] villenage, villeinage (= status of a villein)
Interlingua English vocab
BASE — I. noun (plural ~s) see: come Date: 13th century 1. a. the lower part of a wall, pier, or column …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
FEUDAL LAND TENURE — System by which land was held by tenants from lords. In England and France, the king was lord paramount and …
Английский словарь Британика
VILLEINAGE — noun see villenage
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BASE
Webster's New International English Dictionary
VILLAINAGE — variant of villenage
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TOWN — ˈtau̇n noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English town, toun, from Old English tūn enclosure, manor, village, …
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CULVERTAGE — ˈkəlvə(r)d.ij noun ( -s ) Etymology: Old French, from culvert serf (from Latin collibertus fellow freedman, from com- + libertus …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
VILLAIN — (n.) One who holds lands by a base, or servile, tenure, or in villenage; a feudal tenant of the lowest …
Английский словарь Webster
FOLKLAND — (n.) Land held in villenage, being distributed among the folk, or people, at the pleasure of the lord of the …
Английский словарь Webster
BONDMAN — (n.) A villain, or tenant in villenage.
Английский словарь Webster
BONDAGE — (a.) Villenage; tenure of land on condition of doing the meanest services for the owner.
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BASE (10) — (a.) Not held by honorable service; as, a base estate, one held by services not honorable; held by villenage. Such …
Английский словарь Webster
VILLAIN — ( n. ) One who holds lands by a base, or servile, tenure, or in villenage; a feudal tenant of …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
BONDMAN — ( n. ) A villain, or tenant in villenage.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
BONDAGE — ( a. ) Villenage; tenure of land on condition of doing the meanest services for the owner.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
BASE — ( a. ) Not held by honorable service; as, a base estate, one held by services not honorable; held by …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
VILLEINAGE — /vil"euh nij/ , n. 1. the tenure by which a villein held land and tenements from a lord. 2. the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BASE — I. ˈbās noun ( plural bas·es ˈbā-səz) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin basis, from Greek, step, base, from …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
VILLAIN — adj villainous. 2. villain ·noun a baseborn or clownish person; a boor. 3. villain ·vt to debase; to degrade. 4. …
Webster English vocab
FOLKLAND — noun land held in villenage, being distributed among the folk, or people, at the pleasure of the lord of the …
Webster English vocab
FEUDAL LAND TENURE — system by which land was held by tenants from lords. As developed in medieval England and France, the king was …
Britannica English vocabulary

Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster

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