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SOCAGE
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Land tenure by agricultural service or payment of rent; not burdened with military service
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("socage" is a kind of...):
service ((law) the acts performed by an English feudal tenant for the benefit of his lord which formed the consideration for the property granted to him)