villanage

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

VIL'LANAGE, noun 1. The state of a villain; base servitude. 2. A base tenure of lands; tenure on condition of doing the meanest services for the lord; usually written villenage. 3. Baseness; infamy. [See Villany.]
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