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villanage

villanage is the alternative form of villeinage.

Meaning of villeinage

Noun

villeinage (countable and uncountable, plural villeinages)

  1. The state of being a villein.
  2. A feudal system involving villeins; serfdom.

Forms of villanage

pluralvillanages

Origin of villanage

From villan + -age.

Questions about villanage

What is villanage the alternative form of?
Villanage is the alternative form of villeinage.

Words near villanage in the dictionary

  1. Villamonte
  2. Villamor
  3. Villamors
  4. villan
  5. Villanacaob
  6. villanage
  7. villanages
  8. villancico
  9. villancicos
  10. Villaneda
  11. Villanedas

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Adapted from Wiktionary: villanage (page history and authors); villeinage (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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