| feudatory |
| feudatory | (adj) of or pertaining to the relation of a feudal vassal to his lord, Example: a feudatory relationship |
| feudatory | (adj) owing feudal allegiance to or being subject to a sovereign, Example: it remained feudatory to India until 1365 |
| vassal | (n) a person holding a fief; a person who owes allegiance and service to a feudal lord, Syn. liegeman, feudatory, liege subject, liege |
| Feudatory | n.; The grantee . . . was styled the feudatory or vassal. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ] [ He ] had for feudatories great princes. J. H. Newman. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Feudatory | a. Held from another on some conditional tenure; |