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FEUDATORY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person holding a fief; a person who owes allegiance and service to a feudal lord
Synonyms:
feudatory; liege; liege subject; liegeman; vassal
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("feudatory" is a kind of...):
follower (a person who accepts the leadership of another)
Derivation:
feudatory (of or pertaining to the relation of a feudal vassal to his lord)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Owing feudal allegiance to or being subject to a sovereign
Example:
it remained feudatory to India until 1365
Classified under:
Similar:
subordinate (subject or submissive to authority or the control of another)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Of or pertaining to the relation of a feudal vassal to his lord
Example:
a feudatory relationship
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
fealty (the loyalty that citizens owe to their country (or subjects to their sovereign))
Derivation:
feudatory (a person holding a fief; a person who owes allegiance and service to a feudal lord)
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