villainage

Definitions of villainage
  1. noun
    the legal status or condition of servitude of a villein or feudal serf
    synonyms: villeinage
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    type of:
    legal status
    a status defined by law
    servitude
    state of subjection to an owner or master or forced labor imposed as punishment
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