Associations to the word «Serjeanty»

Wiktionary

SERJEANTY, noun. (British) A form of land ownership under the feudal system, where a family held an estate in exchange for rendering a service to their liege lord.

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca