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Definition of Suzerains
1. suzerain [n] - See also: suzerain
Lexicographical Neighbors of Suzerains
Literary usage of Suzerains
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of Civilization: From the Fall of the Roman Empire to the French by Guizot (François), M. Guizot, William Hazlitt (1856)
"On the other hand, the situation of the possessors of fiefs was very complex; a
large number, the greater portion of them, were at the same time suzerains ..."
2. The History of Civilization: From the Fall of the Roman Empire to the French by Guizot (François), M. Guizot, William Hazlitt (1856)
"On the other hand, the situation of the possessors of fiefs was very complex; a
large number, the greater portion of them, were at the same time suzerains ..."
3. The History of Civilization: From the Fall of the Roman Empire to the French by Guizot (François), William Hazlitt (1875)
"On the other hand, the situation of the possessors of fiefs was very complex; a
large number, the greater portion of them, were at the same time suzerains ..."
4. The history of civilization, from the fall of the Roman empire to the French by François Pierre G. Guizot (1846)
"On the other hand, the situation of the possessors of fiefs was very complex; a
large number, the greater portion of them, were at the same time suzerains ..."
5. The History of Civilization: From the Fall of the Roman Empire to the French by Guizot (François), François Pierre Guillaume Guizot (1846)
"... by the suzerains—Independence of vassals who had acquitted ... the greater
portion of them, were at the same time suzerains and vassals; su2.i- ruins of ..."
6. View of the State of Europe During the Middle Ages by Henry Hallam (1837)
"... or inferior gentry, as they tended to counterbalance the influence which
territorial wealth threw into the scale of their feudal suzerains. ..."
7. The Imperial Gazetteer of India by William Wilson Hunter (1887)
"... the kings of Vijayanagar, who were successively suzerains over all Southern
India. At the time of the decadence of the latter empire, many local chiefs ..."
8. The History of Civilization: From the Fall of the Roman Empire to the French by Guizot (François), M. Guizot, William Hazlitt (1856)
"On the other hand, the situation of the possessors of fiefs was very complex; a
large number, the greater portion of them, were at the same time suzerains ..."
9. The History of Civilization: From the Fall of the Roman Empire to the French by Guizot (François), M. Guizot, William Hazlitt (1856)
"On the other hand, the situation of the possessors of fiefs was very complex; a
large number, the greater portion of them, were at the same time suzerains ..."
10. The History of Civilization: From the Fall of the Roman Empire to the French by Guizot (François), William Hazlitt (1875)
"On the other hand, the situation of the possessors of fiefs was very complex; a
large number, the greater portion of them, were at the same time suzerains ..."
11. The history of civilization, from the fall of the Roman empire to the French by François Pierre G. Guizot (1846)
"On the other hand, the situation of the possessors of fiefs was very complex; a
large number, the greater portion of them, were at the same time suzerains ..."
12. The History of Civilization: From the Fall of the Roman Empire to the French by Guizot (François), François Pierre Guillaume Guizot (1846)
"... by the suzerains—Independence of vassals who had acquitted ... the greater
portion of them, were at the same time suzerains and vassals; su2.i- ruins of ..."
13. View of the State of Europe During the Middle Ages by Henry Hallam (1837)
"... or inferior gentry, as they tended to counterbalance the influence which
territorial wealth threw into the scale of their feudal suzerains. ..."
14. The Imperial Gazetteer of India by William Wilson Hunter (1887)
"... the kings of Vijayanagar, who were successively suzerains over all Southern
India. At the time of the decadence of the latter empire, many local chiefs ..."