feudary

feudary

English

Etymology

Late Latin feudarius

Adjective

feudary (not comparable)

1. Held by, or relating to, feudal tenure.

Noun

feudary (plural feudaries)

1. A tenant who holds his lands by feudal service; a feudatory.

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2. A feodary.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for feudary in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)