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Villainage

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. Variant of villeinage.

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n. Alternative form of villeinage.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. The condition of a villain or peasant.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

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

Word Usage

"Christian emperors after Constantine exempted the clergy from the obligation of undertaking municipal offices, trusteeships, guardianships, and all public functions, from military service, quartering, and the other personal munera sordida (later called villainage), and in part also from personal taxation (Cod."

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servitude legal status