serfdom
noun
the condition of being a serf in a position of servitude, required to render services to a lord.
serfage
-
a variation of
serfdom.
Example Sentences
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There were no lords of manors, no feudalism, no serfage of any kind.
From The Hearts of Men by H. (Harold) Fielding
They revived Old-World objections, which, to one acquainted with the most every-day workings of serfage, were ridiculous.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 61, November, 1862 by Various
Would not every dog-brother of them be better at home, working his serfage peaceably for his land?
From With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. by Henryk Sienkiewicz
A crowd of rustics, maddened at the thought of revived claims of serfage, of interminable suits of law which had become a tyranny, poured into the streets of the town.
From Stray Studies from England and Italy by John Richard Greene
Cancel charters of manumission as the council might, serfage was henceforth a doomed and perishing thing.
From History of the English People, Volume II The Charter, 1216-1307; The Parliament, 1307-1400 by John Richard Green
