feudatory

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

feudatory
    adj 1: of or pertaining to the relation of a feudal vassal to
           his lord; "a feudatory relationship"
    2: owing feudal allegiance to or being subject to a sovereign;
       "it remained feudatory to India until 1365"
    n 1: a person holding a fief; a person who owes allegiance and
         service to a feudal lord [syn: {vassal}, {liege},
         {liegeman}, {liege subject}, {feudatory}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Feudatory \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.
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         The grantee . . . was styled the feudatory or vassal.
                                                  --Blackstone.
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         [He] had for feudatories great princes.  --J. H.
                                                  Newman.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Feudatory \Feu"da*to*ry\, a.
   Held from another on some conditional tenure; as, a feudatory
   title. --Bacon.

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