serjeanty

or ser·geant·y

[ sahr-juhn-tee ]

/ ˈsɑr dʒən ti /

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noun Medieval English Law.

a form of land tenure in which a tenant holding of the king rendered him exclusive services in a status below that of a knight.

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Compare grand serjeanty, petit serjeanty.

Origin of serjeanty

1300–50; Middle English sergeantie, serjantie<Old French serjantie.See sergeant, -y³

Words nearby serjeanty

seriousness, seriplane, serjeant, serjeant at arms, serjeant at law, serjeanty, Serkin, Serlio, sermon, sermonette, sermonic

How to use serjeanty in a sentence

Grand serjeanty is of course included by parity under military service.
View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 (of 3)|Henry Hallam
In the servientes Regis who have been enfeoffed in divers counties we may see the predecessors of the tenants by serjeanty.
Domesday Book and Beyond|Frederic William Maitland
It tells us, further, that he held them by serjeanty—'et est venator leporum, et facit servitium'.
Feudal England -- Historical Studies On The Eleventh And Twelfth Centuries|J.H. Round