socage
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socage
- /ˈsɒkɪd͡ʒ/ UK
- /ˈsɑkɪd͡ʒ/ US
Rhymes with -ɒkɪdʒ
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From Middle English sokage, from Anglo-Norman socage, from Old French soc (“soke”), ultimately from Old English sōcn. By surface analysis, soke + -age.
noun socages · soccage
- In the Middle Ages (and chiefly but not exclusively medieval England), a legal system whereby a tenant would pay a rent or do some agricultural work for the landlord. […] this quiz with all the strange old terms in it, curtilage and messuage and socage and fee simple and fee tail and feoffee and copyhold and customary freehold and mortmain and devises and lex loci rei sitae.
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noun medieval form of land tenure
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Talk about this word "socage." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/socage. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. socage. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/socage "socage." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/socage.Cite this
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title = {socage},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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