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KNIGHT'S SERVICE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does knight's service mean?
• KNIGHT'S SERVICE (noun)
The noun KNIGHT'S SERVICE has 1 sense:
1. land tenure by service to the lord as a knight
Familiarity information: KNIGHT'S SERVICE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Land tenure by service to the lord as a knight
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("knight's service" is a kind of...):
service ((law) the acts performed by an English feudal tenant for the benefit of his lord which formed the consideration for the property granted to him)
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