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Definition of Thanages
1. thanage [n] - See also: thanage
Lexicographical Neighbors of Thanages
Literary usage of Thanages
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Celtic Scotland: A History of Ancient Alban by William Forbes Skene (1880)
"This clause seems to have interposed no obstacle to the feudal tenure of the
thanages being completed, for it is followed by two charters to Walter de Lesly ..."
2. A History of Aberdeen and Banff by William Watt (1900)
"THE NORTH-EASTERN thanages—SERFDOM— FUSION OF RACES. THE reign of Malcolm Canmore
inaugurated for Aberdeen- shire, as for Scotland, the great transition ..."
3. The History of Fettercairn: A Parish in the County of Kincardine by Archibald Cowie Cameron (1899)
"... which lands and thanages with their pertinents the said Andrew now holds of ns
... besides one part of the same landt and thanages given by us to him in ..."
4. The Celtic Magazine (1881)
"Ultimately all the thanages held of the Crown were converted into baronies, and
in those held of other superiors the thanes became feudal vassals. ..."
5. What are Teinds?: An Account of the History of Tithes in Scotland by William George Black (1893)
"l There is no trace of parishes here; the favoured church was usually endowed
evidently with thanages equal to the early English shire, a district reckoned ..."
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