villenage
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L. angaria service to a lord, villenage, fr. anga??us,
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Noah Webster
Subjection -- N. subjection; dependence, dependency; subordination; thrall, thralldom, thraldom, enthrallment, subjugation, bondage, serfdom; feudalism, feudality†; vassalage, villenage; slavery, enslavement, involuntary servitude; conquest. service; servitude, servitorship†; tendence†, employ, tutelage, clientship†; liability &c.
From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Peter Mark Roget
The villenage tenant of it was an astrarius.
From Notes and Queries, Number 19, March 9, 1850 by Various
In the days of the most perfect villenage, they had, doubtless, eaten the bread of idleness, and claimed it as a right.
From International Miscellany of Literature, Art and Science, Vol. 1, No. 3, Oct. 1, 1850 by Various
The condition of villenage, at least in later times, was perfectly relative; it formed no distinct order in the political economy.
From View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 by Henry Hallam
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