Definition of Peonages

1. Noun. (plural of peonage) ¹

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Definition of Peonages

1. peonage [n] - See also: peonage

Lexicographical Neighbors of Peonages

penuries
penurious
penuriously
penuriousness
penuriousnesses
penurities
penurity
penury
penwiper
penwipers
penwoman
penwomen
penzhinite
peon
peonage
peonages (current term)
peones
peonies
peonism
peonisms
peons
peony
peony family
peonylike
people
people's army
people's mic
people's microphone
people-first language
people carrier

Literary usage of Peonages

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Speeches, Correspondence and Political Papers of Carl Schurz by Carl Schurz (1913)
"... and the further facts that the crimes committed in the peonages cases were disclosed by Southern officers of the law, that the indictments were found by ..."

2. A Dictionary of Christian Antiquities: Being a Continuation of the by Samuel Cheetham (1880)
"... and holy peonages, but Christ Himself is devoid of it. 1 » equally absent from the sarcophagi of Aries, *•»««. there are t wo sarcophagi, both of the it ..."

3. Archaeologia, Or, Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquity by Society of Antiquaries of London (1812)
"Item proportions to be made for Blacks to be destributed at that tyme. Item what peonages and howe many ..."

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