prisage

[ prahy-zij ]

nounOld English Law.
  1. the right of the king to take a certain quantity of every cargo of wine imported.

Origin of prisage

1
1495–1505; prise + -age; compare Medieval Latin prisāgium

Words Nearby prisage

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How to use prisage in a sentence

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

  • Kings prisage, or Custom, was taken according to a certain scale on all imported wines.

    The Story of London | Henry B. Wheatley

British Dictionary definitions for prisage

prisage

/ (ˈpraɪzɪdʒ) /


noun
  1. a customs duty levied until 1809 upon wine imported into England

Origin of prisage

1
C16: from Anglo-French, from Old French prise a taking or requisitioning, duty, from prendre to take; see prise

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