villarn.adj.
/ˈvɪlə/ rare.
A. n.
A peasant holding land in the feudal vill; a villein.
ΘΚΠ
society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > one who has tenure > [noun] > by service or allegiance > in villeinage
villeina1325
villan1552
villaner1862
villar1874
1874 A. P. Forbes S. Ninian & S. Kentigern Notes 313 Stephen gave his forest of Furness..a fishery at Lancaster, and one or two villars with their property.
B. adj.
Pertaining or relating to, concerned with, the feudal vill or vills.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > an administrative division of territory > [adjective] > belonging to feudal division
villar1897
1897 F. W. Maitland Domesday Bk. & Beyond 13 Manorial and fiscal geography interferes with physical and villar geography.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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n.adj.1874