Meanings
nounvillanage (countable and uncountable, plural villanages)
plural villanages
- alternativecountableuncountableAlternative form of villeinage.
Even during the Dark Ages, even in its most corrupted form, Christianity wrought for the practical extinction of serfdom. Mr. Newman says that it was Christians, not men, that the church sought to enfranchise; it little matters; she sought to abolish all villanage.
1854, Henry Rogers, The Eclipse of Faith
Origin
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villanage. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/villanage
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“villanage.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/villanage. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “villanage,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/villanage.
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