01 n. The state of a villain, or serf; base servitude; tenure on condition of doing the meanest services for the lord.
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The state of a villain, or serf; base servitude; tenure on condition of doing the meanest services for the lord.(Feudal Law)“I speak even now as if sin were condemned in a perpetual villanage, never to be manumitted.” — Milton.“Some faint traces of villanage were detected by the curious so late as the days of the Stuarts.” — Macaulay.
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Baseness; infamy; villainy.[Obs.]