Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In Teutonic and early English history, the peasantry constituting a village or hamlet; the holdings of such a group of freemen and serfs, or of either.

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  • * In fome parts of the kingdom an afTefiment is made by the king's offi - cers, and thofe parts are governed by gabella.

    Travels in the two Sicilies 1783

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