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serfage

noun

Etymology

From serf + -age.

  1. derived from servus — “slave, serf, servant”
  2. derived from serf
  3. inherited from serf
  4. suffixed as serfage — “serf + age”

Definitions

  1. serfdom

    • Christianity finding men in serfage and degraded all over the earth, had arisen on the fall of the Roman Empire, like a mighty vengeance, though under the aspect of a resignation.
    • The story of St. Edmundsbury shows how gradual was the transition from pure serfage to an imperfect freedom.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA