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Webster 1913 Edition

Feudatory

Feu′da-to-ry

,
Noun.
;
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Feudatory

FEU'DATORY

, n.
A tenant or vassal who holds his lands of a superior, on condition of military service; the tenant of a feud or fief.

Definition 2024

feudatory

feudatory

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Adjective

feudatory ‎(not comparable)

  1. Relating to feudalism, feudal.

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Noun

feudatory ‎(plural feudatories)

  1. A feudal vassal.
  2. A fee paid by such a vassal to hold land.

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Etymology

From the Latin feudātōrius, from the Mediaeval Latin feudāre ‎(“to enfeoff”), from feudum, feodum.

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