Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for VIL'LAN-AGE
VIL'LAN-AGE, n.
- The state of a villain; base servitude.
- A base tenure of lands; tenure on condition of doing the meanest services for the lord; usually written villenage.
- Baseness; infamy. [See Villainy.]
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