serfage
- a variation of serfdom.
Example Sentences
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During her reign serfage may be said to have reached its climax.
From Russia by Wallace, Donald Mackenzie, Sir
So long as serfage existed it was mere mockery to talk about re-organising Russia according to the latest results of political and social science.
From Russia by Wallace, Donald Mackenzie, Sir
They revived Old World objections, which, to one acquainted with the most every-day workings of serfage, were ridiculous.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 17 by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)
The rural tenants found themselves in a mesh of legal claims—old services revived, old dues enforced, endless suits in the King's courts grinding them again to serfage.
From Stray Studies from England and Italy by Greene, John Richard
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 Sienkiewicz, Henryk
