feu·da·to·ry /ˈfjudəˌtori, ˌtɔr-/
(a.)受有封地的,封地的,封臣的封臣,封地
Feu·da·to·ry, a. Held from another on some conditional tenure; as, a feudatory title.
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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.
feudatory
adj 1: of or pertaining to the relation of a feudal vassal to his
lord; "a feudatory relationship"
2: owing feudal allegiance to or being subject to a sovereign;
"it remained feudatory to India until 1365"
n : a person holding a fief [syn: vassal, liege, liegeman,
liege subject]