feudatory
/ˈfjuːdət(ə)ri
/historical
adjective
Owing feudal allegiance to another: a feudatory state...
- Peasants attacked landlords and burned tax and feudatory documents, tax collectors were beaten or worse, and lawyers were attacked because of their association with the landed classes.
- The Ikkery Naiks were a line of feudatory chieftains who rose to power after the decline of the mighty Vijayanagar empire following the battle of Thalikkotta in 1565.
- With most of these ‘native states’ the British had formal treaties that specified the terms and nature of their power and that directly established a feudatory link with the Crown of England.
noun (plural feudatories)
A person who holds land under the conditions of the feudal system.Property division and the redemption of feudal fees aroused numerous disputes between feudatories and comuni, requiring a lengthy examination of titles and deeds....
- Hinduism as we know it today - especially the Hinduism of north India - was essentially shaped under Mogul rule, often with the active participation and support of the rulers and their officials and feudatories.
- They were the feudatories of the prominent dynasties of Karnataka.
Origin
Late 16th century: from medieval Latin feudatorius, from feudare 'enfeoff', from feudum (see fee).