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单词 butlerage
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butlerage

[ buht-ler-ij ]
/ ˈbʌt lər ɪdʒ /

noun Old English Law.

the privilege allowed the king's butler to take a certain quantity of every cask of wine imported by an alien.
Compare prisage.

Origin of butlerage

First recorded in 1485–95; butler + -age

Words nearby butlerage

Buteyko method, but for, but good, Buthelezi, butler, butlerage, butler's pantry, butler's sideboard, butler's table, butler's tray, butlery
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Example sentences from the Web for butlerage

  • Butlerage ceased to be levied in 1809, by the Customs Consolidation Act of that year.

    Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4|Various
  • There is also another antient hereditary duty belonging to the crown, called the prisage or butlerage of wines.

    Commentaries on the Laws of England|William Blackstone
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