Associations to the word «Socage»
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Wiktionary
SOCAGE, noun. (obsolete) In the Middle Ages, a system whereby a tenant would pay a rent or do some agricultural work for the landlord.
Dictionary definition
SOCAGE, noun. Land tenure by agricultural service or payment of rent; not burdened with military service.
Wise words
In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike
fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the
new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.