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noun the legal status or condition of servitude of a villein or feudal serf
noun tenure by which a villein held land
originFrom Middle English vilenage, villeinage, villenage, from Old French vilenage, villenage, Anglo-Norman vileinage, villeinage, and Medieval Latin vileināgium, villenāgium. By surface analysis, villein + -age.
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