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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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