About The Word Feudatory

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Feudatory

Feudatory Meaning & Definition
Feudatory Definition And Meaning

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

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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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