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serjeantry

serjeantry is the obsolete form 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 serjeantry

pluralserjeantries

Questions about serjeantry

What is serjeantry the obsolete form of?
Serjeantry is the obsolete form of serjeanty.

Words near serjeantry in the dictionary

  1. serjeant-at-mace
  2. serjeantcies
  3. serjeantcy
  4. serjeanties
  5. serjeantries
  6. serjeantry
  7. serjeants
  8. serjeants-at-arms
  9. serjeants-at-law
  10. serjeants-at-mace
  11. serjeantship

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