VILLAINAGE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

villainage; villeinage

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("villainage" 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)

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