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hidages

hidages is the plural of hidage.

Meaning of hidage

Noun

hidage (countable and uncountable, plural hidages)

  1. (UK, historical, obsolete) A tax formerly paid to the kings of England for every hide of land.
    • In the case of the towns, to which the reckoning by hides could not be applied, the Danegeld or hidage was probably compounded for, and such composition represents no doubt the later talliage.⁴ In the ninth year of Henry II. the Danegeld as such finally disappeared from the Rolls, but only to...1898, Hannis Taylor, The Origin and Growth of the English Constitution, Part 2: The After-growth of the Constitution
  2. (historical) The total area of land, measured in hides.

Questions about hidages

What is hidages the plural of?
Hidages is the plural of hidage.

Words near hidages in the dictionary

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  4. hidable
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  7. Hidaka
  8. Hidalcan
  9. Hidalcans
  10. hidalga
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