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prisage

/ˈpɹaɪzɪd͡ʒ/

prisage noun: a right belonging to the crown of England, of taking two tuns of wine from every ship importing twenty tuns or more: one before and one behind the mast.

Noun

prisage (countable and uncountable, plural prisages)

  1. (UK, obsolete) A right belonging to the crown of England, of taking two tuns of wine from every ship importing twenty tuns or more: one before and one behind the mast.
    • There is also another very ancient hereditary duty belonging to the crown, called the prisage, or butlerage of wines1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC
  2. (obsolete) The share of merchandise taken as lawful prize at sea which belongs to the king or admiral.

Forms of prisage

pluralprisages

Origin of prisage

From Old French prisage (“a praising, valuing, taxing”) (compare Latin prisagium (“prisage”)) or from French prise (“a taking, capture, prize”). See prize.

Questions about prisage

What does prisage mean?
Prisage means a right belonging to the crown of England, of taking two tuns of wine from every ship importing twenty tuns or more: one before and one behind the mast.
What part of speech is prisage?
Prisage is a noun.
How do you pronounce prisage?
Prisage is pronounced /ˈpɹaɪzɪd͡ʒ/.
What is the plural of prisage?
The plural of prisage is prisages.

Words near prisage in the dictionary

  1. Pripet
  2. Priponești
  3. Pripyat
  4. pris
  5. prisable
  6. prisage
  7. prisages
  8. Prisca
  9. priscan
  10. Priscian
  11. Priscilla

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