"serjeanty" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: serjeanties [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English sergeauntie, serjaunte, from Old French serjantie, sergantie and Medieval Latin serjantia, sergantia. Compare sergeancy. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|sergeauntie}} Middle English sergeauntie, {{m|enm|serjaunte}} serjaunte, {{der|en|fro|serjantie}} Old French serjantie, {{m|fro|sergantie}} sergantie, {{der|en|ML.|serjantia}} Medieval Latin serjantia, {{m|ML.|sergantia}} sergantia, {{m|en|sergeancy}} sergeancy Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} serjeanty (countable and uncountable, plural serjeanties)
  1. (law, historical) A kind of land tenure requiring some service to the land's chief lord—other than military service—as an obligation to maintain possession. Wikipedia link: serjeanty Tags: countable, historical, uncountable Categories (topical): Feudalism, Law Synonyms: sergeanty, sergeantry, serjanty, serjeantry [obsolete] Hyponyms: grand serjeanty, petit serjeanty Coordinate_terms: knight's fee, knight service
    Sense id: en-serjeanty-en-noun-HqT~UoFn Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Topics: law

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