Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word
serventía. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word
serventía, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say
serventía in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word
serventía you have here. The definition of the word
serventía will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of
serventía, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
Galician
Etymology
From servente (“servant”) + -ía.
Pronunciation
Noun
serventía f (plural serventías)
- (law) right to access to or from one's own property through other's properties; a Galician customary law derived from the Germanic freedom to roam
- Synonym: servidume
- (law, historical) service ought to a manor house or monastery either because of a contract or because of dependency
1421, Manuel Lucas Álvarez, editor, El priorato benedictino de San Vicenzo de Pombeiro, page 163:os ditos reos quebrantaron as condiçõẽs do dito foro e foran contra o dito moesteiro e priores del, por ende que avian perdido o dito couto e herdades; e non se escusauan da dita vasalajẽẽ e seruentia por dizer que eran fidalgos, pois que se obligaron a elo- said defendants broke the condition of said contract and acted against said monastery and priors, and so they had lost said fief and properties; and they were not exempt of said vassalage and ought services saying that they were noblemen, because previously they had obliged themselves to it
References
- “seruentia” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “serventía” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “serventía” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “serventía” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.