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Chattel vs Serfdom - What's the difference?

chattel | serfdom |

As nouns the difference between chattel and serfdom

is that chattel is tangible, movable property while serfdom is the state of being a serf.

chattel

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Tangible, movable property.
  • * 1990 , , Good Omens , Corgi, p.387
    • … although of course the firm had changed hands many times over the centuries, […] But the box has always been part of the chattels , as it were.
  • A slave.

    • Related terms

    * capital * cattle

    See also

    * kith and kine

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    serfdom

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • The state of being a serf.
  • The feudal system that includes serfs.

    • Synonyms

    * serfage * serfhood

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