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Vassal

The grantee of a fief, feud, or fee; one who holds land of superior, and who vows fidelity and homage to him; a feudatory; a feudal tenant.

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Follower 76% connected

One who follows; a pursuer; an attendant; a disciple; a dependent associate; a retainer.

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Liegeman 76% connected

Same as Liege, n., 2.

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Feudatory 74% connected

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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Feudatory 74% connected

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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Feudatory 92% connected

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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Liege 92% connected

Sovereign; independent; having authority or right to allegiance; as, a liege lord.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Feed verb · 78% connection

introduce continuously; "feed carrots into a food processor"

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Feed in verb · 78% connection

introduce continuously; "feed carrots into a food processor"

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Fight noun · 78% connection

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Allodium noun · 78% connection

Freehold estate; land which is the absolute property of the owner; real estate held in absolute independence, without being subject to…

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Attornment noun · 78% connection

The act of a feudatory, vassal, or tenant, by which he consents, upon the alienation of an estate, to receive a new lord or superior,…

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Average noun · 78% connection

That service which a tenant owed his lord, to be done by the work beasts of the tenant, as the carriage of wheat, turf, etc.

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Baron noun · 78% connection

A title or degree of nobility; originally, the possessor of a fief, who had feudal tenants under him; in modern times, in France and G…

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Base adjective · 78% connection

Not held by honorable service; as, a base estate, one held by services not honorable; held by villenage. Such a tenure is called base,…

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Beneficiary noun · 78% connection

A feudatory or vassal; hence, one who holds a benefice and uses its proceeds.

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Castle-guard noun · 78% connection

A feudal tenure, obliging the tenant to perform service within the realm, without limitation of time.

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Coshering noun · 78% connection

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

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Cotenant noun · 78% connection

A tenant in common, or a joint tenant.

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Discontinuance noun · 78% connection

A breaking off or interruption of an estate, which happened when an alienation was made by a tenant in tail, or other tenant, seized i…

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Enfeoff verb · 78% connection

To give a feud, or right in land, to; to invest with a fief or fee; to invest (any one) with a freehold estate by the process of feoff…

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Faithless adjective · 78% connection

Not true to allegiance, duty, or vows; perfidious; trecherous; disloyal; not of true fidelity; inconstant, as a husband or a wife.

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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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Fee noun · 78% connection

A right to the use of a superior's land, as a stipend for services to be performed; also, the land so held; a fief.

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Feod noun · 78% connection

A feud. See 2d Feud.

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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.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: grantee, fief, feud, holds, land.
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Feoff noun · 78% connection

A fief. See Fief.

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