VILLEINAGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does villeinage mean? 

• VILLEINAGE (noun)
  The noun VILLEINAGE has 2 senses:

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

2. tenure by which a villein held land

  Familiarity information: VILLEINAGE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VILLEINAGE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The legal status or condition of servitude of a villein or feudal serf

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

villainage; villeinage

Hypernyms ("villeinage" is a kind of...):

legal status (a status defined by law)

servitude (state of subjection to an owner or master or forced labor imposed as punishment)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Tenure by which a villein held land

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("villeinage" is a kind of...):

land tenure; tenure (the right to hold property; part of an ancient hierarchical system of holding lands)