villeinage vs legal status

villeinage and legal status both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
villeinage	Yes	No	No	No
legal status	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, legal status is a hypernym of villeinage; that is, legal status is a word with a broader meaning than villeinage:

villeinage: the legal status or condition of servitude of a villein or feudal serf
legal status: a status defined by law

Other hypernyms of villeinage include servitude.

villeinage (noun)	legal status (noun)
tenure by which a villein held land	a status defined by law
the legal status or condition of servitude of a villein or feudal serf