KNIGHT'S SERVICE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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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