feudatory
noun
a person who holds lands by feudal tenure; a feudal vassal.
feudatories
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pluralof feudatory.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Punishment followed quickly for the feudatories who had fought against the Tokugawa.
From A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era by F. (Frank) Brinkley
It includes many Rajput and Bhil feudatories, and has an area of 1775 sq. m.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 3 "Destructors" to "Diameter" by Various
It constituted a small army, led, naturally, by the chief, and composed of his feudatories, supplemented in case of need by the rustici.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 8 "France" to "Francis Joseph I." by Various
The governmental sites of the daimyo or feudatories of the Tokugawa period generally find the origin of their urban development in these residences of the shugo of the Ashikaga period.
From An Introduction to the History of Japan by Katsuro Hara
The terms of the oath of allegiance that he dictated to the feudatories after the battle of Sekigahara have been already referred to.
From A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era by F. (Frank) Brinkley
