Example sentences for: serfs

How can you use “serfs” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • 265)--"Serfs Up": "In England, the rule was well established that 'no lord could be sued by a vassal in his own court, but each petty lord was subject to suit in the courts of a higher lord."

  • It reveals a hierarchical society of free men, serfs, and slaves ruled by an aristocratic class.

  • The monasteries and priories — including the very powerful abbey at Furness — assumed total control over all activities, and the residents became serfs to these new landlords.

  • They laid down a social pecking order with themselves in first place, followed by Kshatriyas (the warriors), Vaishyas (cultivators or traders), and Shudras (serfs and those of mixed blood).

  • That was the lot of serfs, who were nearly owned by their lords and whose land was owned by their lords.


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