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Beneficiary

Holding some office or valuable possession, in subordination to another; holding under a feudal or other superior; having a dependent and secondary possession.

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Devisee 76% connected

One to whom a devise is made, or real estate given by will.

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Legatee 76% connected

One to whom a legacy is bequeathed.

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Pensionary 76% connected

Maintained by a pension; receiving a pension; as, pensionary spies.

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Pensioner 76% connected

One in receipt of a pension; hence, figuratively, a dependent.

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Receiver 76% connected

One who takes or receives in any manner.

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Recipient 76% connected

A receiver; the person or thing that receives; one to whom, or that to which, anything is given or communicated; specifically, the receiver of a stil…

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Benefice 74% connected

A favor or benefit.

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Benefice 74% connected

A favor or benefit.

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Benefice 66% connected

A favor or benefit.

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Donee 92% connected

The person to whom a gift or donation is made.

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Cascading menu noun · 78% connection

a secondary menu that appears while you are holding the cursor over an item on the primary menu

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Dependency noun · 78% connection

State of being dependent; dependence; state of being subordinate; subordination; concatenation; connection; reliance; trust.

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Dependent adjective · 78% connection

Relying on, or subject to, something else for support; not able to exist, or sustain itself, or to perform anything, without the will,…

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Enthymeme noun · 78% connection

An argument consisting of only two propositions, an antecedent and consequent deduced from it; a syllogism with one premise omitted; a…

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Fealty noun · 78% connection

Fidelity to one's lord; the feudal obligation by which the tenant or vassal was bound to be faithful to his lord; the special oath by…

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Feodal adjective · 78% connection

Feudal. See Feudal.

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Feodality noun · 78% connection

Feudal tenure; the feudal system. See Feudality.

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Feud noun · 78% connection

A stipendiary estate in land, held of superior, by service; the right which a vassal or tenant had to the lands or other immovable thi…

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Feudal adjective · 78% connection

Of or pertaining to feuds, fiefs, or feels; as, feudal rights or services; feudal tenures.

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Feudalism noun · 78% connection

The feudal system; a system by which the holding of estates in land is made dependent upon an obligation to render military service to…

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Feudality noun · 78% connection

The state or quality of being feudal; feudal form or constitution.

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Feudatory noun · 78% connection

A tenant or vassal who held his lands of a superior on condition of feudal service; the tenant of a feud or fief.

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Gresham's Law noun · 78% connection

(economics) the principle that when two kinds of money having the same denominational value are in circulation the intrinsically more…

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Hierarchical menu noun · 78% connection

a secondary menu that appears while you are holding the cursor over an item on the primary menu

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Hold noun · 78% connection

The act of holding, as in or with the hands or arms; the manner of holding, whether firm or loose; seizure; grasp; clasp; gripe; posse…

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In adverb · 78% connection

With privilege or possession; -- used to denote a holding, possession, or seisin; as, in by descent; in by purchase; in of the seisin…

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Incapable adjective · 78% connection

Unqualified or disqualified, in a legal sense; as, a man under thirty-five years of age is incapable of holding the office of presiden…

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Incendiary noun · 78% connection

Any person who maliciously sets fire to a building or other valuable or other valuable property.

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