Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

burgage

/ˈbɝɡɪd͡ʒ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.43 in modern English

Syllables: bur-gage
IPA: /ˈbɝɡɪd͡ʒ/

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A medieval tenure in socage under which property in England and Scotland was held under the king or a lord of a town and was maintained for a yearly rent or for rendering an inferior service (not knight's service) such as watching and warding.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"If any burgess be appealed of a plea whereon wager of battle may issue by a villein or outdweller , let him defend himself by oath, that is to say by the 36 men, unless he is challenged in respect of a crime that the law requires him to defend by battle, in no case ought a burgess to fight against a villein if he have challenged him unless before the dispute he shall have quitted the burgage."
"Thomas Singleton, bailiff of the escheatery of the town of Lancaster, rendered account in 1441 of £8 4s. 7d. due from ancient rents and various burgages and plats of land which had escheated to the king as duke from various causes."

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English burgage, from Old French bourgage and Medieval Latin burgāgium; equivalent to burg + -age.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: burgage, bourgage, burgāgium

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈbɝɡɪd͡ʒ/
British English: /ˈbɜːɡɪd͡ʒ/

Usage

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Law.

Inflected Forms

burgages (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce burgage?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈbɝɡɪd͡ʒ/.
What does burgage mean?: A medieval tenure in socage under which property in England and Scotland was held under the king or a lord of a town and was maintained for a yearly rent or for rendering an inferior service (not knight's service) such as watching and warding.
Where does burgage come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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