Meanings
plural villainages
- alternativecountableuncountableAlternative form of villeinage.
In any suit against his lord the proof of his condition of villainage was sufficient to put him out of court, and his only recourse was the local court of the manor, where the lord himself or his representative presided.
1916, Edward Potts Cheyney, An Introduction to the Industrial and Social History of England
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe legal status or condition of servitude of a villein or feudal serf
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Cite this entry
villainage. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/villainage
“villainage.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/villainage. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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