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Corvee

/ˈkɔːveɪ/

Unpaid labor required by a feudal lord.

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  1. 1

    Unpaid labor required by a feudal lord.

  2. 2

    Labor, especially for roads or dams, in lieu of taxes.

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tributenounAn acknowledgment of gratitude, respect or admiration; an accompanying gift.
feudatorynounA feudal vassal.
feudnounA state of long-standing mutual hostility.
court customarynounA form of manorial court for unfree tenants or villeins
villeinagenounA feudal system involving villeins; serfdom.
knight's feenoun(law, historical) A kind of land tenure requiring military service to the land's chief lord as an obligation to maintain possession.
boonnounA good thing; a thing to be thankful for or to appreciate duly.
maritagenounThe right of the lord of the fee to dispose of the heiress, later also of the male heir, in marriage.
serfdomnounThe feudal system that includes serfs.
villeinnoun(historical) A feudal tenant, a serf.
obroknounA rent.
chiefrienoun(obsolete or historical) A small rent paid to the lord paramount.
serfnounA partially free peasant of a low hereditary class, attached like a slave to the land owned by a feudal lord and required to perform labour, enjoying minimal legal or customary rights.
seigneuragenounAlternative form of seigniorage. [(historical) All the revenue obtained by a feudal lord from his vassals.]
droit de seigneurnounThe supposed right of the feudal lord to deflower the maiden bride of one of his subjects.
banalitynoun(uncountable) The quality of being banal.
homagenoun(countable, uncountable) A demonstration of respect, as towards a person after his or her retirement or death.
seignioragenoun(money) The revenue obtained directly by minting coin (difference between face value and cost of metal).
roturenoun(Canada, law, historical) A grant made of feudal property.
avercornnounA reserved rent in corn, formerly paid to religious houses by their tenants or farmers.

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