serfage

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

A crowd of rustics, maddened at the thought of revived claims of serfage, of interminable suits of law, poured into the streets of the town.

From History of the English People, Volume II The Charter, 1216-1307; The Parliament, 1307-1400 by Green, John Richard

The rural tenants found themselves in a mesh of legal claims—old services revived, old dues enforced, endless suits in the King's courts grinding them again to serfage.

From Stray Studies from England and Italy by Greene, John Richard

They include also serfage, vassalage, villanage, peonage, and all other forms of compulsory service for the mere benefit or pleasure of others.

From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 11 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany by Ingersoll, Robert Green

Would not every dog-brother of them be better at home, working his serfage peaceably for his land?

From With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. by Sienkiewicz, Henryk

They revived Old World objections, which, to one acquainted with the most every-day workings of serfage, were ridiculous.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 17 by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)