| 单词 | villein issue |
| 释义 | > as lemmasvillein issue a. attributive, as villein burgher, villein class, villein issue, villein land, etc. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > the common people > specific ranks of common people > [noun] > villein > collectively villein1528 villeinage1864 society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > a legal holding > [noun] > a feudal holding or fief > held in villeinage villeinagec1450 villein1528 1528–30 tr. T. Littleton Tenures (new ed.) f. xiiiiv Londe holden in vyllenage or vylayne londes. a1625 H. Finch Law (1636) 23 A villein shall make free land to bee villein land, but villein land shall not make a free-man to be a villein. 1651 W. G. tr. J. Cowell Inst. Lawes Eng. 9 There may be villain Issue between those which are our Captives. 1651 tr. J. Kitchin Jurisdictions 327 If my Villain Infant be in ward of one, by reason that he holds of him by Knights service. 1776 D. Dalrymple Ann. Scotl. I. 320 Merchetum..was also used for expressing another villain custom. 1864 J. F. Kirk Hist. Charles the Bold (U.S. ed.) I. v. 244 For what purpose were the taille and the gabelle levied on the villain burghers, if the nobles derived no benefit from these exactions. 1878 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. (ed. 2) III. xix. 367 The villein class..aspired to holy orders as one of the avenues to liberty. < as lemmas |
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