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单词 prisage
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prisage

[ prahy-zij ]
/ ˈpraɪ zɪdʒ /

noun Old English Law.

the right of the king to take a certain quantity of every cargo of wine imported.
Compare butlerage.

Origin of prisage

1495–1505; prise + -age; compare Medieval Latin prisāgium

Words nearby prisage

prior probability, prior restraint, priory, Pripet, Pripet Marshes, prisage, Priscian, Priscilla, prise, prisere, prisiadka
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Example sentences from the Web for prisage

  • 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

British Dictionary definitions for prisage

prisage
/ (ˈpraɪzɪdʒ) /

noun

a customs duty levied until 1809 upon wine imported into England

Word Origin for prisage

C16: from Anglo-French, from Old French prise a taking or requisitioning, duty, from prendre to take; see prise
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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