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scutages

scutages is the plural of scutage.

Meaning of scutage

Noun

scutage (countable and uncountable, plural scutages)

  1. (historical) A tax, paid in lieu of military service, that was a significant source of revenue in England in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries.
    • The land tax, in its modern shape, has superseded all the former methods of rating either property, or persons in respect of their property, whether by tenths or fifteenths, subsidies on land, hidages, scutages, or tallages1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    escuage

Questions about scutages

What is scutages the plural of?
Scutages is the plural of scutage.

Words near scutages in the dictionary

  1. scut monkeys
  2. scut work
  3. scuta
  4. scutae
  5. scutage
  6. scutages
  7. scutal
  8. Scutari
  9. scutate
  10. scutated
  11. scutation

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