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noun
In the Middle Ages (and chiefly but not exclusively medieval England), a legal system whereby a tenant would pay a rent or do some agricultural work for the landlord.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, historical, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
land tenure by agricultural service or payment of rent; not burdened with military service
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: service
History
From Middle English sokage, from Anglo-Norman socage, from Old French soc (“soke”), ultimately from Old English sōcn. By surface analysis, soke + -age.
Across languages
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
