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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
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 ..."