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Feudatory
Pronunciation : Feu"da*to*ry
Part of Speech : n.;
Definition : Defn: 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.
pl. Feudatories (.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Feu"da*to*ry
Part of Speech : a.
Definition : Defn: Held from another on some conditional tenure; as, a feudatory title. Bacon.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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