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

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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

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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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