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Feudatory

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Noun

1. feudatory, liege, liege subject, liegeman, vassal

a person holding a fief; a person who owes allegiance and service to a feudal lord

Adjective

2. feudatory

of or pertaining to the relation of a feudal vassal to his lord

Example Sentences:
'a feudatory relationship'

3. feudatory

owing feudal allegiance to or being subject to a sovereign

Example Sentences:
'it remained feudatory to India until 1365'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Feudatory

see synonyms of feudatory
noun
1. 
a person holding a fief; vassal
adjective
2. 
relating to or characteristic of the relationship between lord and vassal
3. 
(esp of a kingdom) under the overlordship of another sovereign

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Feudatory

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nounWord forms: plural ˈfeudaˌtories
1. 
a person holding land by feudal tenure
2. 
the land held; fief
adjective
3. 
of the feudal relationship between vassal and lord
4. 
owing feudal allegiance (to)

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Feudatory

see synonyms of feudatory
n. pl. feu·da·to·ries
1. A person holding land by feudal fee; a vassal.
2. A feudal fee.
adj.
1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of the feudal relationship between vassal and lord.
2. Owing feudal homage or allegiance.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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