Feudatory

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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