A form of villeinage in which the service due was defined and limited, as distinguished from pure villeinage.
Origin
Mid 17th century; earliest use found in William Somner (d. 1669), antiquary and Anglo-Saxon scholar. After post-classical Latin villenagium privilegiatum.
Definition of privileged villeinage in US English:
privileged villeinage
noun
A form of villeinage in which the service due was defined and limited, as distinguished from pure villeinage.
Origin
Mid 17th century; earliest use found in William Somner (d. 1669), antiquary and Anglo-Saxon scholar. After post-classical Latin villenagium privilegiatum.