murage
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Middle English murage, from Anglo-Norman and Middle French murage, from murer (“to wall”), from mur (“wall”), Latin murus. See mure (“wall”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
murage (countable and uncountable, plural murages)
- A tax paid for building or repairing the walls of a fortified town.
- 1726, John Ayliffe, Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani: Or, A Commentary, by Way of Supplement to the Canons and Constitutions of the Church of England. […], London: […] D. Leach, and sold by John Walthoe […], →OCLC:
- They pay no Toll for Goods which they have in Right of the Church, and were formerly by the common Law discharg'd from Pontage and Murage
References[edit]
- “murage”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Middle French murage, from Old French murage. By surface analysis, mur + -age.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
murage m (plural murages)
Further reading[edit]
- “murage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Anglo-Norman and Middle French murage (compare Medieval Latin mūrāgium). Equivalent to muren + -age.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
murage (uncountable)
- A tax for the maintenance of town walls; murage.
- (rare) Funds for wall construction and repair.
- (rare) The privilege of collecting murage.
Descendants[edit]
- English: murage
References[edit]
- “mū̆rāǧe, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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