feudatory
Americannoun
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feudatories
plural
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a person who holds lands by feudal tenure; a feudal vassal.
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a fief or fee.
adjective
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(of a kingdom or state) under the overlordship of another sovereign or state.
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(of a feudal estate) holding or held by feudal tenure.
noun
adjective
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relating to or characteristic of the relationship between lord and vassal
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(esp of a kingdom) under the overlordship of another sovereign
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Etymology
Origin of feudatory
1585–95; < Medieval Latin feudā ( tor ) fief-holder ( see feud 2, -ator) + -tory 1, -tory 2 )
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"But Indore has been a powerful feudatory of the Raj," it said.
From BBC ● Jan. 11, 2025
This induced the Hirado feudatory to revoke the edict which he had issued against the Jesuits, and they were preparing to take advantage of his renewed hospitality when a Portuguese merchantman entered Hirado.
From A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era by F. (Frank) Brinkley
The principal feudatory princes of the Indian empire are also styled “Highness.”
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" by Various
Burma, her quondam feudatory, also agreed to a delimitation of boundaries at the proper time.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" by Various
New decrees of Innocent’s prohibit both father and son from invading the State of a prince, a feudatory of the Holy See.
From The Power Of The Popes by Pierre Claude Fran?ois Daunou
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
On the 14th of May, 1601, that is to say, shortly after the battle of Sekigahara, all the feudatories were invited to subscribe a written oath of loyalty to the Tokugawa.
From A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era by F. (Frank) Brinkley
Later the Hohenzollerns of Brandenburg inherited the duchy, became feudatories of Poland as well as electors at home.
From The Deluge, Vol. I. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. by Henryk Sienkiewicz
This being refused, he bombarded the city, burned the ships in the harbor, and compelled the Zamorin himself and all the native princes of the region to submit and acknowledge themselves feudatories of Portugal.
From Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 5 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History by Charles F. (Charles Francis) Horne
We have seen that he distributed the estates of the feudatories so as to create a system automatically unfavourable to disturbance, in which contrivance he borrowed and extended the ideas of Nobunaga and Hideyoshi.
From A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era by F. (Frank) Brinkley
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