butlerage

American

[buht-ler-ij] / ˈbʌt lər ɪdʒ /

noun

Old English Law.

the privilege allowed the king's butler to take a certain quantity of every cask of wine imported by an alien.

Etymology

Origin of butlerage

First recorded in 1485–95; butler + -age

Example Sentences

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There is also another antient hereditary duty belonging to the crown, called the prisage or butlerage of wines.

From Commentaries on the Laws of England Book the First by Blackstone, William, Sir

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