Definition of Feudary

1. a. Held by, or pertaining to, feudal tenure.

2. n. A tenant who holds his lands by feudal service; a feudatory.

Definition of Feudary

1. Noun. A tenant who holds his lands by feudal service; a feudatory. ¹

2. Noun. A feodary. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Feudary

1. a vassal [n -RIES] - See also: vassal

Lexicographical Neighbors of Feudary

feudalism
feudalisms
feudalist
feudalistic
feudalists
feudalities
feudality
feudalization
feudalizations
feudalize
feudalized
feudalizes
feudalizing
feudally
feudaries
feudary (current term)
feudataries
feudatary
feudatories
feudatory
feudatory state
feuded
feuder
feuders
feuding
feudings
feudist
feudists
feuds
feued

Literary usage of Feudary

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Law of Tenures, Including the Theory and Practice of Copyholds by Sir Geoffrey Gilbert, Charles Watkins, Robert Studley Vidal (1824)
"blood of the mother, who was newly introduced into the family of such their feudary, because the feud was given as an ancient one, and by consequence the ..."

2. Cyclopaedia of Political Science, Political Economy, and of the Political by John Joseph Lalor (1883)
"... of these states the great feudary held by feudal tenure a number of fiefs of the second order, the possessors of which in their turn were suzerain lords ..."

3. A Treatise of Tenures,: In Two Parts; Containing, I. The Original, Nature by Geoffrey Gilbert (1757)
"... lords bad the marriage of the feudary} therefore all the ... fince the lord had not the marriage of the feudary more than once j and therefore they ..."

4. Kett's Rebellion in Norfolk: Being a History of the Great Civil Commotion by Frederic William Russell (1859)
"The meaning of this prayer is, they wanted the feudary in every case, instead of being appointed by the Crown, to be appointed by themselves. F. 52, line 3. ..."

5. A New Abridgment of the Law with Large Additions and Corrections by Matthew Bacon, Sir Henry Gwilliam, Charles Edward Dodd, John Bouvier (1846)
"I) For when the old donations came to be lost, the possession was the only indicium of who was feudary ; therefore any person that claimed as his ..."

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