knight service
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.25 in modern English
26
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
2
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The military service a knight owed to his chief lord as a condition of holding title to his lands and rank.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Land became fully devisable with the abolition of knight-service in 1660, but magnates continued to inherit property which was tied up in strict settlements, giving the current representative of the family no more than a life-tenancy."
- "If they were not heiresses, a lord's daughters were sometimes married off to his knights, but the latter […] might well need an incentive such as a cash payment, land or a reduction in their knight service."