Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.
FEUDATORY
feudatory
(adjective) owing feudal allegiance to or being subject to a sovereign; “it remained feudatory to India until 1365”
feudatory
(adjective) of or pertaining to the relation of a feudal vassal to his lord; “a feudatory relationship”
vassal, liege, liegeman, liege subject, feudatory
(noun) a person holding a fief; a person who owes allegiance and service to a feudal lord
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
feudatory (not comparable)
Relating to feudalism, feudal.
Noun
feudatory (plural feudatories)
A feudal vassal.
A feudal territory, a fief.
A fee paid by such a vassal to hold land.
Source: Wiktionary
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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