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Definition of Feudatories
1. feudatory [n] - See also: feudatory
Lexicographical Neighbors of Feudatories
Literary usage of Feudatories
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1826)
"... entitled and bound to attend the king's court; and each baron exercised a
similar jurisdiction in the subordinate assemblies of his own feudatories. ..."
2. The Constitutional History of England in Its Origin and Development by William Stubbs (1903)
"Title of William Rufus: struggle with the feudatories.—105. ... Humiliation of
the feudatories.—110. Alliance of king and people.—111. ..."
3. The Foundations of England; Or, Twelve Centuries of British History (B.C. 55 by James Henry Ramsay (1898)
"But the really tempting call to Robert came from the Norman feudatories in ...
feudatories The movement in favour of Robert carried away not only men ..."
4. A Fantasy of Far Japan: Or, Summer Dream Dialogues by Kenchō Suematsu (1905)
"... Japanese feudal system and the clans—The re-shuffling of the feudatories under
the Tokugawa régime—Difference of grandeur of the feudatories—Exceptional ..."
5. The History of Normandy and of England by Francis Palgrave (1857)
"All the Dukes and Banner-bearing Counts, all the great feudatories of the Empire,
hailed their Sovereign's return. And, preeminent amongst the mitred crowd ..."
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