Found 2 items, similar to villeinage.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: villeinage villeinage n 1: the legal status or condition of servitude of a villein or feudal serf [syn: villainage] 2: tenure by which a villein held land
English → English (gcide) Definition: villeinage Villanage \Vil"lan*age\ (?; 48), n. [OF. villenage, vilenage. See Villain.] 1. (Feudal Law) The state of a villain, or serf; base servitude; tenure on condition of doing the meanest services for the lord. [In this sense written also villenage, and villeinage.] [1913 Webster] I speak even now as if sin were condemned in a perpetual villanage, never to be manumitted. --Milton. [1913 Webster] Some faint traces of villanage were detected by the curious so late as the days of the Stuarts. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] 2. Baseness; infamy; villainy. [Obs.] --Dryden. [1913 Webster]