feudatory
a person who holds lands by feudal tenure; a feudal vassal.
a fief or fee.
(of a kingdom or state) under the overlordship of another sovereign or state.
(of a feudal estate) holding or held by feudal tenure.
Origin of feudatory
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How to use feudatory in a sentence
A feudatory Sovereign indeed; but yet independent so long as my dues of homage are duly discharged.
Peveril of the Peak | Sir Walter ScottThough a feudatory of the rebellious Holkar of Indore, he kept aloof from all Mahratta intrigues, and behaved well to us.
Forty-one years in India | Frederick Sleigh RobertsThe feudatory knights had disagreements among themselves, and carried on petty war against each other.
In 1905 the district of Sambalpur, together with the five feudatory states, was transferred to Bengal.
If the principality was feudatory, the conclusion necessarily follows, that it was under the government of the king's laws.
Novanglus, and Massachusettensis | John Adams
British Dictionary definitions for feudatory
/ (ˈfjuːdətərɪ, in feudal Europe -trɪ) /
a person holding a fief; vassal
relating to or characteristic of the relationship between lord and vassal
(esp of a kingdom) under the overlordship of another sovereign
Origin of feudatory
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