† envassalagen.
Obsolete. rare.
a. The state of being reduced to vassalage.
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society > authority > subjection > service > feudal service > [noun] > vassal > condition of
bondheada1400
servitudec1500
feemanship1509
vassalship1578
vassalage1594
envassalage1646
vassaldom1876
1646 J. Temple Irish Rebell. Pref. 6 They speak as if their oppressions might be paralelled with the Israelitish envassalage in the Land of Egypt.
b. The action of reducing to vassalage.
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society > authority > subjection > subjecting or subjugation > [noun]
subduingc1450
subjugationa1456
subdue1483
subjecting1585
overwielding1597
subordinatinga1600
yoking1602
vassalizing1607
subduement1609
captivating1623
subdual1641
envassaling1642
envassalage1652
subjuging1660
subduction1670
1652 E. Peyton Divine Catastrophe Stuarts 90 By that derivation they..augmented the power of invassalage.
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