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feudatory

N ผู้ครอบครอง ที่ดิน ใน ระบบ ศักดินา

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FEUDATORY

n. A tenant or vassal who holds his lands of a superior, on condition of military service; the tenant of a feud or fief.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

FEUDATORY

Feu "da *to *ry, n.; pl. Feudatories (.

Defn: 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.

FEUDATORY

FEUDATORY Feu "da *to *ry, a.

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

New American Oxford Dictionary

feudatory

feu da to ry |ˈfyo͞odəˌtôrē ˈfjudətɔri | historical ▶adjective owing feudal allegiance to: they had for a long period been feudatory to the Norwegian Crown. ▶noun ( pl. feudatories ) a person who holds land under the conditions of the feudal system. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from medieval Latin feudatorius, from feudare ‘enfeoff, ’ from feudum (see fee ).

Oxford Dictionary

feudatory

feudatory |ˈfjuːdət (ə )ri | historical ▶adjective owing feudal allegiance to another: a feudatory state. ▶noun ( pl. feudatories ) a person who holds land under the conditions of the feudal system. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from medieval Latin feudatorius, from feudare ‘enfeoff ’, from feudum (see fee ).