Definitions for: Feudatory


[n] a person holding a fief
[adj] of or relating to the relation of a feudal vassal to his lord; "a feudatory relationship"



Webster (1913) Definition: Feu"da*to*ry, n.; pl. Feudatories.
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.

Synonyms: feudalist, liege, liege subject, liegeman, vassal

See Also: follower

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