thanage

[ they-nij ]

noun

1. the tenure by which lands were held by a thane.
2. the land so held.
3. the office, rank, or jurisdiction of a thane.

Word History and Origins

Origin of thanage¹

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English word from Anglo-Latin word thanāgium. See thane, -age

Example Sentences

Thanage gave his four bullocks, two buffaloes, two cows and a few goats to the Belapur sugar factory, which feeds them crushed sugar cane as fodder, and came to Bombay.

From Time Magazine Archive

One of the refugees is Narayan Mahadev Thanage, 30, who lives with his wife and daughter in one of the jhuggis adjacent to the new Bombay slaughterhouse.

From Time Magazine Archive

And in 1358 there is ratified a grant, previously made, of "42 merks yearly from the Thanage of Dunnyne"; also "the tithe of all the rents, cane, corn, cheese, flesh, fish, fowl, and game, and of all the food used in the Earl's Court, and 20 merks from our ferm� at Dunnyne."

From Project Gutenberg