feudatory

1. n. A tenant or vassal who held his lands of a superior on condition of feudal service; the tenant of a feud or fief. Source: opted

2. adj. of or pertaining to the relation of a feudal vassal to their lord Source: wordnet

3. adj. owing feudal allegiance to or being subject to a sovereign Source: wordnet

4. n. a person holding a fief; a person who owes allegiance and service to a feudal lord Source: wordnet

5. 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. Held from another on some conditional tenure; as, a feudatory title. Bacon. Source: webster

6. A tenant or vassal who held his lands of a superior oncondition 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. Source: adambom

7. a. of or pertaining to the relation of a feudal vassal to his lord s. owing feudal allegiance to or being subject to a sovereign Source: ecdict

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