murage

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English

Etymology

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

Noun

murage (countable and uncountable, plural murages)

  1. 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

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French murage, from Old French murage. By surface analysis, mur +‎ -age.

Pronunciation

Noun

murage m (plural murages)

  1. murage

Further reading

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman and Middle French murage (compare Medieval Latin mūrāgium). Equivalent to muren +‎ -age.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /miu̯ˈraːd͡ʒ(ə)/, /muˈraːd͡ʒ(ə)/

Noun

murage (uncountable)

  1. A tax for the maintenance of town walls; murage.
  2. (rare) Funds for wall construction and repair.
  3. (rare) The privilege of collecting murage.

Descendants

  • English: murage

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