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serjanty

serjanty is the obsolete spelling of serjeanty.

Meaning of serjeanty

Noun

serjeanty (countable and uncountable, plural serjeanties)

  1. (historical) A land tenure in which a tenant provided his liege with some kind of personal service, as opposed to nonpersonal service, such as paying tax (socage)
    • The manor of Scrivelsby in England, has since the Middle Ages, been held by the Marmion family in grand serjeanty in exchange for their service as King's or Queen's Champion.

Forms of serjanty

pluralserjanties

Questions about serjanty

What is serjanty the obsolete spelling of?
Serjanty is the obsolete spelling of serjeanty.

Words near serjanty in the dictionary

  1. serishtadars
  2. Serizawa
  3. Serizawas
  4. serja
  5. serjanties
  6. serjanty
  7. serjas
  8. serjeancies
  9. serjeancy
  10. serjeant
  11. serjeant-at-arms

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