About The Word Feudatory
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Feudatory
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What's The Definition Of Feudatory?
[n] a person holding a fief
[adj] of or relating to the relation of a feudal vassal to his lord; "a feudatory relationship" Synonyms | Synonyms for Feudatory: feudalist | liege | liege subject | liegeman | vassal Related Terms | Find terms related to Feudatory: See Also | follower Feudatory In Webster's Dictionary \Feu"da*to*ry\, n.; pl. {Feudatories}.
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.
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