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villenage

noun as in bondage

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A copyholder without legal remedy may seem little better than a tenant in mere villenage, except in name.

William replied that he held them in villenage, and that he (the plaintiff) had sold one of Ralph's sisters for four shillings.

All this practice was based upon the common law proceedings when a claim was made of villenage.

Further examination at once discloses a marked difference in kind between some classes of holdings in villenage and others.

But the holders of virgates and half-virgates were the highest grades in the hierarchy of tenants in villenage.

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On this page you'll find 16 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to villenage, such as: enslavement, serfdom, servitude, subjugation, yoke, and chains.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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