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one who holds land of superior, and who vows fidelity and homage to him; a feudatory; a feudal tenant. Burrill.

ginally represented the bishops, but later erected their offices into fiefs, and became feudal nobles.

One who holds lands by a base, or servile, tenure, or in villenage; a feudal tenant of the lowest class, a bondman or servant. [In this sense written also villan, and villein.] If any of my ansectors was a tenant, and a servant, and held his lands as a villain to his lord, his posterity also must do so, though accident…

n; profanation or contemptuous treatment of sacred things; as, the violation of a church. Udall.

Capable or worthy of being wished for; desirable. Udall.

Wifely. [Obs.] Udall.

There is nothing wherein their womanliness is more honestly garnished than with silence. Udall.

ut ye are sanctified. 1 Cor. vi. 11. This would cost you your life in case ye were a man. Udall.