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Feudatory  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." "(He) had for feudatories great princes."





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"Feudatory" Quotes from Famous Books



... of Tilsit extended the French domination on the continent. Prussia was reduced to half its extent. In the south of Germany, Napoleon had instituted the two kingdoms of Bavaria and Wurtemberg against Austria; further to the north, he created the two feudatory kingdoms of Saxony and Westphalia against Prussia. That of Saxony, composed of the electorate of that name, and Prussian Poland, called the grand-duchy of Warsaw, was given to the king of Saxony; that of Westphalia comprehended the states of ...
— History of the French Revolution from 1789 to 1814 • F. A. M. Mignet


Words linked to "Feudatory" :   liege, liegeman, vassal


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