Definition of vassal

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Vassal (v. t.) To treat as a vassal; to subject to control; to enslave.

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Beneficiary :: Beneficiary (n.) A feudatory or vassal; hence, one who holds a benefice and uses its proceeds..
Fine :: Fine (n.) A final agreement concerning lands or rents between persons, as the lord and his vassal..
Felony :: Felony (n.) An act on the part of the vassal which cost him his fee by forfeiture.
Aid :: Aid (v. t.) A pecuniary tribute paid by a vassal to his lord on special occasions.
Feudatory :: Feudatory (n.) A tenant or vassal who held his lands of a superior on condition of feudal service; the tenant of a feud or fief.
Attorn :: Attorn (v. t.) To turn, or transfer homage and service, from one lord to another. This is the act of feudatories, vassals, or tenants, upon the alienation of the estate..
Inthrall :: Inthrall (v. t.) To reduce to bondage or servitude; to make a thrall, slave, vassal, or captive of; to enslave..
Vassal :: Vassal (a.) Resembling a vassal; slavish; servile.
Vassalage :: Vassalage (n.) Political servitude; dependence; subjection; slavery; as, the Greeks were held in vassalage by the Turks..
Vassal :: Vassal (n.) The grantee of a fief, feud, or fee; one who holds land of superior, and who vows fidelity and homage to him; a feudatory; a feudal tenant..
Vassaless :: Vassaless (n.) A female vassal.
Arriere-ban :: Arriere-ban (n.) A proclamation, as of the French kings, calling not only their immediate feudatories, but the vassals of these feudatories, to take the field for war; also, the body of vassals called or liable to be called to arms, as in ancient France..
Drench :: Drench (n.) A military vassal mentioned in Domesday Book.
Manrent :: Manrent (n.) Homage or service rendered to a superior, as to a lord; vassalage..
Enfeoff :: Enfeoff (v. t.) To give in vassalage; to make subservient.
Vassal :: Vassal (v. t.) To treat as a vassal; to subject to control; to enslave.
Manbote :: Manbote (n.) A sum paid to a lord as a pecuniary compensation for killing his man (that is, his vassal, servant, or tenant)..
Terrier :: Terrier (n.) Formerly, a collection of acknowledgments of the vassals or tenants of a lordship, containing the rents and services they owed to the lord, and the like..
Bond :: Bond (n.) A vassal or serf; a slave.
Antrustion :: Antrustion (n.) A vassal or voluntary follower of Frankish princes in their enterprise.
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