villeinage
1 synonym for villeinage, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — The condition of being a peasant tied to serve a lord under the feudal system.
Synonyms
Rare, literary or technical
Precise, but they will stand out — check the sense before using one.
villainage
Etymology
Came into English as Middle English vilenage, villeinage or villenage, from Old French vilenage, villenage, Anglo-Norman vileinage, villeinage, and Medieval Latin vileināgium, villenāgium. By surface analysis it splits into villein and -age.
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