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A proclamation, as of the French kings, calling not only their immediate feudatories, but the vassals of these feudatories, to take the field for war; also, the body of vassals called or liable to be called to arms, as i…

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  1. n. A proclamation, as of the French kings, calling not only their immediate feudatories, but the vassals of these feudatories, to take the field for war; also, the body of vassals called or liable to be called to arms, as in ancient France.
  2. A proclamation, as of the French kings, calling not only their immediate feudatories, but the vassals of these feudatories, to take the field for war; also, the body of vassals called or liable to be called to arms, as in ancient France.
  3. A proclamation, as of the French kings, calling not only theirimmediate feudatories, but the vassals of these feudatories, to takethe field for war; also, the body of vassals called or liable to becalled to arms, as in ancient France.