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subfeudatory|sʌbˈfjuːdətərɪ|
[f. sub- 9 (b) + feudatory, after prec. Cf. med.L. subfeudātārius.]
One who holds a fief from a feudatory.
1839Penny Cycl. XIV. 105/1 The political system of most towns of North Italy in the tenth and eleventh centuries consisted of the nobles, feudatories, and subfeudatories. c1850Brougham (Ogilvie, 1882), The smaller proprietors or feudatories of the prince, had..proportionably few inferior vassals, or sub-feudatories. |