释义 |
feudatory /ˈfjuːdət(ə)ri /historical adjectiveOwing 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). |