'Feudatory' definitions:
Definition of 'feudatory'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Of or pertaining to the relation of a feudal vassal to his lord; "a feudatory relationship"
adjective
Owing feudal allegiance to or being subject to a sovereign; "it remained feudatory to India until 1365"
noun
A person holding a fief; a person who owes allegiance and service to a feudal lord [syn: vassal, liege, liegeman, liege subject, feudatory]
Definition of 'Feudatory'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- The grantee . . . was styled the feudatory or vassal. --Blackstone. [1913 Webster]
- [He] had for feudatories great princes. --J. H. Newman. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Feudatory'
From: GCIDE
- Feudatory \Feu"da*to*ry\, a. Held from another on some conditional tenure; as, a feudatory title. --Bacon.