† serviceagen.
Obsolete.
1. Bondage, servitude.
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society > authority > subjection > slavery or bondage > [noun]
theowdomc893
thralshipc1200
thraldomc1275
thrallhead1297
servagec1300
thrall14..
bondage1330
dangera1375
servicea1382
servitutea1393
thaneheada1400
thrillagec1400
serviturea1422
servitudec1425
thrildomc1480
thirldom1489
thirlage1513
servilityc1530
slavedom1562
serviceage1594
bondmanship1611
bond-service1611
slaverya1616
slavishnessa1620
bond slavery1835
chattelship1857
chattelhood1871
thirl-band1871
thirl-service-
1594 R. Carew tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne iii. 117 If but such sixe were mongst our enemies, Ere now had Syria stoupt to seruiceage [It. Già Soria tutta uinta, e serua fora].
1600 E. Fairfax tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne viii. lxxxiii. 158 He..obaies the raine Of thraldome base, and seruiceage [It. duro impero], though loth.
2. Perhaps: feudal military service.
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society > armed hostility > military service > [noun] > type or manner of service > feudal
military service1586
serviceage1601
sword-service1630
society > authority > subjection > service > feudal service > [noun]
servicec1300
servagec1400
servitudec1500
serviceage1601
reddendoa1630
render1647
boon1656
1601 W. Fulbecke Parallele or Conf. Law iv. f. 23v The seruiceage is suspended vntil the maturitie of his age.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021).
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