SERGEANTY

Meaning of SERGEANTY in English

[ser.geanty] n, pl -geant.ies [ME sergeantie, fr. MF sergentie, fr. sergent sergeant] (15c): any of numerous feudal services of a personal nature by which an estate is held of the king or other lord distinct from military tenure and from socage tenure

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SERGEANTY — noun (plural -geanties) Etymology: Middle English sergeantie, from Anglo-French sergantie, sergeantie, from sergant sergeant Date: 15th century any of numerous …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SERGEANTY — noun or ser·jeanty -ntē ( -es ) Etymology: Middle English sergeantie, from Middle French sergentie, from sergent sergeant + -ie …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SERGEANTY — (n.) Tenure of lands of the crown by an honorary kind of service not due to any lord, but to …
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SERGEANTY — ( n. ) Tenure of lands of the crown by an honorary kind of service not due to any lord, …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SERGEANTY — /sahr"jeuhn tee/ , n. Medieval Eng. Law. serjeanty.
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SERGEANTY — noun ( plural -geant·ies ) Etymology: Middle English sergeantie, from Anglo-French sergantie, sergeantie, from sergant sergeant Date: 15th century : …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SERGEANTY — noun tenure of lands of the crown by an honorary kind of service not due to any lord, but to …
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SERGEANTY — also spelled Sergeantry, Serjeanty, or Serjeantry, in European feudal society, a form of land tenure granted in return for the …
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SERGEANTY — Pronunciation: ' sär-j ə n-t ē Function: noun Inflected Form: plural -geant · ies Etymology: Middle English sergeantie, from Anglo-French …
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PETTY SERGEANTY — noun Etymology: by alteration (influenced by petty ) (I) : petit sergeanty
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PETIT SERGEANTY — ˈped.]ē, ˈpet], ]i-\ noun Etymology: Anglo-French petit serjeanty, literally, small sergeanty 1. : the rendering of an implement of war …
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GRAND SERGEANTY — noun or grand serjeanty Etymology: Middle English graunte sergeaunte, literally, large sergeanty, from Anglo-French grand serjeanty : sergeanty requiring some …
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SERJEANTY — Usage: British see: sergeanty
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SERJEANTY — noun see sergeanty
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GRAND SERJEANTY — noun see grand sergeanty
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WARDSHIP — ˈwȯrdˌship, -ȯ(ə)d- noun Etymology: Middle English, from ward (I) + -ship 1. a. : the office of a guardian or …
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SERGEANTRY — noun or ser·jeant·ry ˈ ̷ ̷jəntrē, -ri ( -es ) Etymology: Middle English serjauntrye, from Middle French sergenterie, from sergent sergeant + …
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SERGEANT AT ARMS — Etymology: Middle English 1. a. : a tenant holding a sergeanty of service as an armed personal attendant for protection …
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MILITARY TENURE — noun : feudal tenure of land on condition of performing military service — compare knight service , grand sergeanty
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SERGEANTRY — (n.) See Sergeanty.
Английский словарь Webster
SERGEANTRY — ( n. ) See Sergeanty.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SERJEANTY — /sahr"jeuhn tee/ , n. Medieval Eng. Law. a form of land tenure in which a tenant holding of the king …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SERJEANTY — Usage: British variant of sergeanty
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SERGEANTRY — noun ·see sergeanty.
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SERJEANT, SERJEANTY — [ser.jeant, ser.jeanty] var of sergeant, sergeanty
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FEUDAL LAND TENURE — system by which land was held by tenants from lords. As developed in medieval England and France, the king was …
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