单词 | feudatory |
释义 | feudatoryadj.n. A. adj. 1. a. Of a person: Owing feudal allegiance to another; subject. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > service > feudal service > [adjective] liege1362 lordfasta1500 vassal1565 feudary1587 feudatory1592 feudatary1614 society > law > legal obligation > [adjective] > under obligation > specific feudary1587 feudatory1592 feudatary1614 astricted1656 sucken1878 1592 F. Bacon Observ. Libel in Wks. (1753) I. 519 Any beneficiary or feodatory king. 1680 R. Morden Geogr. Rectified (1685) 217 He is Feudatory to the Pope. 1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) II. 219 Low or feudatory nobility. 1828 P. F. Tytler Hist. Scotl. (1864) I. 9 The petty chiefs..had for a long period been feudatory to the Norwegian crown. b. Of a kingdom, etc.: Under the overlordship of an outside sovereign. Const. to. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > [adjective] > under foreign rule ditionary1629 feudatory1759 irredeemed1898 colonialized1918 1759 W. Robertson Hist. Scotl. (1802) I. i. 207 If the one crown had been considered..as feudatory to the other. 1884 Manch. Examiner 12 Sept. 5/1 The armies kept up by the feudatory states. 1890 Daily News 30 Dec. 5/6 Feudatory India. 2. Of or pertaining to vassals or retainers. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > service > feudal service > [adjective] > of or relating to vassal feemanly1509 vassal1598 feudatory1861 vassalic1897 1861 J. C. H. Fane & Ld. Lytton 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. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > service > feudal service > [noun] > vassal manlOE subjectc1350 liegemana1375 liege1377 feudary1387 servant?a1400 vassala1400 feedmanc1460 sidesman1462 feeman1517 feudatary1586 feudatory1765 leud1812 geneat1861 society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > one who has tenure > [noun] > one holding in feu feudary1387 feedmanc1460 vassal1474 feeman1517 feala1572 feudatary1586 feuar1597 feudist1610 beneficiary1611 feudatory1765 feudee1875 1765 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. I. ii. iv. 45 The feudatory could not aliene or dispose of his feud. 1818 W. Scott Chivalry in Encycl. Brit.: Suppl. to 4th–6th Eds. III. i. 137/2 The barons or great feudatories of the Crown. 1843 W. H. Prescott Hist. Conquest Mexico II. iv. v. 207 The Indian Monarch had declared himself the feudatory of the Spanish. 2. A feud, fief, or fee; a dependent lordship. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > a legal holding > [noun] > a feudal holding or fief feec1330 feoffmentc1330 servicec1390 fief1611 feud1614 feudatoryc1660 benefice1753 fee-estate1775 feu1791 feudality1800 fiefdom1814 seigneury1903 c1660 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1644 (1955) II. 280 The Kingdomes of Naples & Sicily pretended fœdatorys to the Pope. 1680 R. Morden Geogr. Rectified (1685) 110 Lorrain..the Duke whereof is a Prince of the Empire, and the Country was reckoned a Feodatory thereof. 1783 W. F. Martyn Geogr. Mag. 1 424 A feudatory of Thibet. 1873 J. R. Lowell Among my Bks. 2nd Ser. 104 If he made the gift, the pope should hold it as a feudatory of the Empire. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1592 |
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