📖 Definitions of "Corvee"
noun
- 1
Unpaid labor required by a feudal lord.
- 2
Labor, especially for roads or dams, in lieu of taxes.
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|---|---|
| tributenoun | An acknowledgment of gratitude, respect or admiration; an accompanying gift. |
| feudatorynoun | A feudal vassal. |
| feudnoun | A state of long-standing mutual hostility. |
| court customarynoun | A form of manorial court for unfree tenants or villeins |
| villeinagenoun | A 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. |
| boonnoun | A good thing; a thing to be thankful for or to appreciate duly. |
| maritagenoun | The right of the lord of the fee to dispose of the heiress, later also of the male heir, in marriage. |
| serfdomnoun | The feudal system that includes serfs. |
| villeinnoun | (historical) A feudal tenant, a serf. |
| obroknoun | A rent. |
| chiefrienoun | (obsolete or historical) A small rent paid to the lord paramount. |
| serfnoun | A 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. |
| seigneuragenoun | Alternative form of seigniorage. [(historical) All the revenue obtained by a feudal lord from his vassals.] |
| droit de seigneurnoun | The 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. |
| avercornnoun | A reserved rent in corn, formerly paid to religious houses by their tenants or farmers. |
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