Lexic.us

Definition of Serfage

1. n. The state or condition of a serf.

Definition of Serfage

1. Noun. serfdom ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Serfage

1. serfdom [n -S] - See also: serfdom

Lexicographical Neighbors of Serfage

Literary usage of Serfage

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

1. Free Russia by William Hepworth Dixon (1870)
"serfage has but a vague resemblance to the system of villeinage once so common in the West; and serfage was not villeinage under another name. ..."

2. Free Russia by William Hepworth Dixon (1870)
"SEEPAGE lias but a vague resemblance to the system of villeinage once so common in the West; and serfage was not villeinage under another name. ..."

3. The Positive Philosophy of Auguste Comte by Auguste Comte, Harriet Martineau (1853)
"... could not but occasion the transmutation of the ancient slavery into serfage, ... J*~ ft it » 11 • ^1 p come serfage, was consolidated and perfected by ..."

4. The Positive Philosophy of Auguste Comte by Auguste Comte, Harriet Martineau (1875)
"... another result of the change in the military system, which could not but occasion the transmuta- sim-cry Ьt- tion of the ancient slavery into serfage, ..."

5. The Positive Philosophy of Auguste Comte by Auguste Comte, Harriet Martineau (1893)
"... be- tion of the ancient slavery into serfage, which was come serfage. consolidated and perfected by the influence of Catholicism, as we shall presently ..."

6. The Positive Philosophy of Auguste Comte by Auguste Comte, Harriet Martineau (1875)
"... tion of the ancient slavery into serfage, which was come serfage. consolidated and perfected by the influence of Catholicism, as we shall presently see. ..."

7. Russia by Donald Mackenzie Wallace (1905)
"DEFORE proceeding to describe the Emancipation, it may be *-* well to explain briefly how the Russian peasants became serfs, and what serfage in Russia ..."

8. Russia by Donald Mackenzie Wallace (1905)
"DEFORE proceeding to describe the Emancipation, it may be •*—' well to explain briefly how the Russian peasants became serfs, and what serfage in Russia ..."

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