Suzerain: alternatives and connections

Pertaining to allodium; freehold; free of rent or service; held independent of a lord paramount; -- opposed to feudal; as, allodial la…

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

A small rent paid to the lord paramount.

A feudal prerogative of the lord of the soil entitling him to lodging and food at his tenant's house.

The court of a sovereign or of a feudal lord; also; his residence or his household.

Ownership of land; an estate or patrimony which one has in his own right; absolute proprietorship; paramount or sovereign ownership.

Relating to, or given by, our Lord; as, the dominical (or Lord's) prayer.

Anciently, one to whom lands were given; in later use, one to whom lands and tenements are given in tail; in modern use, one on whom a…

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…

Feudal. See Feudal.

Feudal tenure; the feudal system. See Feudality.

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…

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

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

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

a person holding a fief; a person who owes allegiance and service to a feudal lord

Faith; allegiance; fealty.

Formerly, a payment or tribute of arms or military accouterments, or the best beast, or chattel, due to the lord on the death of a ten…