FEUDATORIES

Noun

feudatories

plural of feudatory

Source: Wiktionary


FEUDATORY

Feu"da*to*ry, n.; pl. Feudatories (.

Definition: A tenant or vassal who held his lands of a superior on condition of feudal service; the tenant of a feud or fief. The grantee . . . was styled the feudatory or vassal. Blackstone. [He] had for feudatories great princes. J. H. Newman.

Feu"da*to*ry, a.

Definition: Held from another on some conditional tenure; as, a feudatory title. Bacon.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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