Definition of Feudatory
Feu´da`to`ry
n.
1.
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.
a.
1.
Held
from
another
on
some
conditional
tenure
;
as
,
a
feudatory
title
.
2.
A
fire
kindled
in
a
public
place
in
token
of
joy
;
a
bonfire
;
a
firing
of
guns
in
token
of
joy
.
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