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feudatory, a. and n.|ˈfjuːdətərɪ|
Also 7 feodatory.
[ad. L. type *feudātōri-us, f. med.L. feudāre to enfeoff, f. feudum: see feud n.2 and -ory.]
A. adj.
1. a. Of a person: Owing feudal allegiance to another; subject. b. Of a kingdom, etc.: Under the overlordship of an outside sovereign. Const. to.
a.1592Bacon Observ. Libel Wks. 1753 I. 519 Any beneficiary or feodatory king. 1680Morden Geog. Rect. (1685) 217 He is Feudatory to the Pope. 1796Morse Amer. Geog. II. 219 Low or feudatory nobility. 1828Tytler Hist. Scot. (1864) I. 9 The petty chiefs..had for a long period been feudatory to the Norwegian crown.
b.1759Robertson Hist. Scot. (1802) I. i. 207 If the one crown had been considered..as feudatory to the other. 1884Manch. Exam. 12 Sept. 5/1 The armies kept up by the feudatory states. 1890Daily News 30 Dec. 5/6 Feudatory India.
2. Of or pertaining to vassals or retainers.
1861Lytton & Fane Tannhäuser 23 From..all the feudatory festivals, Men miss'd Tannhäuser.
B. n.
1. One who holds his lands by feudal tenure; a feudal vassal.
1765Blackstone Comm. I. ii. iv. 45 The feudatory could not aliene or dispose of his feud. 1814Scott Chivalry (1874) 49 The barons or great feudatories of the crown. 1843Prescott Mexico iv. v. (1864) 236 The Indian Monarch had declared himself the feudatory of the Spanish.
transf.1825Bentham Indicat. Ld. Eldon 10 Court, sitting as yet in public, cannot convert itself into a sinecurist: this accommodation it cannot afford to any but its feudatories.
2. A feud, fief, or fee; a dependent lordship.
1644Evelyn Diary 22 Nov., The kingdomes of Naples and Sicily, pretended feudatorys to the Pope. 1680Morden Geog. Rect. (1685) 110 Lorrain..the Duke whereof is a Prince of the Empire, and the Country was reckoned a Feodatory thereof. 1783W. F. Martyn Geog. Mag. I. 424 A feudatory of Thibet. 1873Lowell Among my Bks. Ser. ii. 104 If he made the gift, the pope should hold it as a feudatory of the Empire. |