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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD FEUDATORY

From Medieval Latin feudātor.
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PRONUNCIATION OF FEUDATORY

feudatory  [ˈfjuːdətərɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FEUDATORY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Feudatory can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES FEUDATORY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

feudatory

Vassal

A vassal or feudatory is a person who has entered into a mutual obligation to a lord or monarch in the context of the feudal system in medieval Europe. The obligations often included military support and mutual protection, in exchange for certain privileges, usually including the grant of land held as a fiefdom. The term can be applied to similar arrangements in other feudal societies. In contrast, a fidelity, or fidelitas, was a sworn loyalty, subject to the king.

Definition of feudatory in the English dictionary

The first definition of feudatory in the dictionary is a person holding a fief; vassal. Other definition of feudatory is relating to or characteristic of the relationship between lord and vassal. Feudatory is also under the overlordship of another sovereign.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FEUDATORY


amendatory
əˈmɛndətərɪ
commendatory
kəˈmendətərɪ
dietary
ˈdaɪətərɪ
emendatory
ɪˈmendətərɪ
fecundatory
fɪˈkʌndətərɪ
gradatory
ˈɡreɪdətərɪ
laboratory
ləˈbɒrətərɪ
laudatory
ˈlɔːdətərɪ
mandatary
ˈmændətərɪ
mandatory
ˈmændətərɪ
predatory
ˈprɛdətərɪ
recommendatory
ˌrɛkəˈmɛndətərɪ
respiratory
ˈrɛspərətərɪ
retardatory
rɪˈtɑːdətərɪ
subfeudatory
ˌsʌbˈfjuːdətərɪ
subinfeudatory
ˌsʌbɪnˈfjuːdətərɪ
sudatory
ˈsjuːdətərɪ
transudatory
trænˈsjuːdətərɪ
trepidatory
trəˈpɪdətərɪ
validatory
ˈvælɪdətərɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FEUDATORY

feud
feudal
feudal system
feudalisation
feudalise
feudalism
feudalist
feudalistic
feudalities
feudality
feudalization
feudalize
feudally
feudary
feudist
Feuerbach
Feuillant
feuilleton
feuilletonism
feuilletonist

WORDS THAT END LIKE FEUDATORY

ambulatory
anti-inflammatory
celebratory
circulatory
compensatory
conservatory
defamatory
derogatory
directory
discriminatory
explanatory
exploratory
migratory
obligatory
observatory
oscillatory
participatory
preparatory
purgatory
regulatory
research laboratory

Synonyms and antonyms of feudatory in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «feudatory» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FEUDATORY

Find out the translation of feudatory to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of feudatory from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «feudatory» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

诸侯
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

feudatario
570 millions of speakers

English

feudatory
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

जागीरदार
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

feudatory
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

вассальной
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

feudatory
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

করদ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

feudataire
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Feudatory
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

feudatory
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

封建家臣
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

영지
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Feudatory
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

phong kiến
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இராணுத்தைச்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सरंजामशाही
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

tımarcı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

feudatario
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

feudatory
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

васальної
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

vasal
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

δουλοπάροικος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

leenman
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

feudatory
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

feudatory
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of feudatory

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FEUDATORY»

The term «feudatory» is normally little used and occupies the 128.100 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FEUDATORY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «feudatory» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «feudatory» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about feudatory

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FEUDATORY»

Discover the use of feudatory in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to feudatory and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Political Evolution of Feudatory States in Orissa
With special focus on the erstwhile princely state of Patna State or Patna Estate in Western Orissa at present a part of Bolangir District of Orissa.
Achyutananda Panda, 2002
2
Uncommon Dominion: Venetian Crete and the Myth of Ethnic Purity
The exception to this group of Greek women married to Latin feudatories is Agnes, daughter of the late ser Ioannes Caliva, a Greek feudatory, and widow of ser Giovanni Vassalo, a Latin feudatory. The bequests in her will of 1 341 fit the ...
Sally McKee, 2011
3
South Indian feudatory dynasties
The Present Book Provides A Micro Level Picture Of The Power Politics Of The Period. Apart From Layman The Book Will Be Of Tremendous Utility To The Scholars And Serious Students Of History.
Venkatesha, 2000
4
General Sir Richard Meade and the Feudatory States of ...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Thomas Henry Thornton, 2013
5
The Law Library
Whenever it appeared uncertain who the first feudatory was, they admitted to the succession collateral relations of the whole blood of the person last seised, though never so remote, on the presumption that they might be descended from the ...
6
A systematic arrangement of Lord Coke's First Institute of ...
(1) Sir Martin Wright and типу other writers bave laid it down a? a general rule, that by the old feudal law the feudatory could not alien the feud without the consent of the lord; nor the lord alien or transjer his »eignory without the consent of his ...
Sir Edward Coke, Sir Thomas Littleton, Charles Butler, 1827
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The First Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England: Or, ...
(l) Sir Martin Wright and many other writers have laid it down as a general rule, that by the old feudal law the feudatory could not alien the feud without the consent of the lord ; nor the lord alien or transfer his seigniory without the consent of his ...
Sir Edward Coke, Sir Thomas Littleton, Francis Hargrave, 1823
8
An historical sketch of the princes of India: stipendiary, ...
stipendiary, subsidiary, protected, tributary, and feudatory : with a sketch of the origin and progress of British power in India John Clunes. PREFACE. At a time when India is about to come under the consideration of Parliament, and when the  ...
John Clunes, 1833
9
Pennsylvania Blackstone: Being a Modification of the ...
"Other qualities of feuds were, that the feudatory could hot alien or dispose of his feud; neither could he exchange, nor yet mortgage, nor even devise it by will', without the consent of the lord. For, the reason of conferring the feud being the ...
John Reed, 2006
10
The Gupta Polity
But the autonomy enjoyed by a feudatory state appears to have varied with its size, geographical position and the financial resources. Thus we see that there were such feudatory states as those of the Parivrajakas,48 the Ucchakal- pas4T and ...
V. R. Ramachandra Dikshitar, 1993

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FEUDATORY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term feudatory is used in the context of the following news items.
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11th century Ryali Mohini temple losing sheen - The Times of India
Raja Vikrama Deva, a feudatory of the Chalukya-Cholas and a member of the Velanati Choda clan, is credited with the construction of this ... «Times of India, Jul 15»
2
Six lives in ruins around a temple in shambles - The Hindu
It's a Shaivaite temple, built in the 14th century AD and endowed by a local feudatory with a sizeable stretch of land. Down the centuries, the ... «The Hindu, Jul 15»
3
John Junkerman documentary 'Okinawa: The Afterburn' sheds light …
The Ryukyu Kingdom was overthrown and annexed by the Satsuma feudatory in the early 17th century through invasion and military. «The Japan Times, Jun 15»
4
Magna Carta: A Libertarian Document?
... at Canterbury and, in Millar's words, "surrendering his kingdom to the pope, and submitting to hold it as a feudatory of the church of Rome.". «Reason, Jun 15»
5
Who Owns The Buffalo?
... so valued the produce and political endorsement on offer from Han China that they could be induced to accept some kind of feudatory status. «Swarajya, Jun 15»
6
DIA Docs: West Wants A “Salafist Principality In Eastern Syria”
A principality (or princedom) can either be a monarchical feudatory or a sovereign state, ruled or reigned over by a monarch with the title of ... «CounterCurrents.org, May 15»
7
India that is Bharat
... with destiny accepting the (partitioned) India that the British left behind, along with some 500 plus feudatory technically independent states. «Calcutta Telegraph, May 15»
8
From The Capital Of India To A Divisional Headquarter: Pune's Long …
He also organized the Maratha Empire as part of his Delhi and North India conquests. During his times, various Maratha feudatory states got ... «Swarajya, Apr 15»
9
Mouldering forts beckon
The Fort at Bhalki was built by feudatory chieftains of Jung Bahadur, namely, Ramachandra Jadhav and Dhanaji Jadhav, around 1850 AD. «Deccan Herald, Apr 15»
10
Excavations at Kumbla fort unearth palace hall
... Empire, this area was under their control and later it passed hands to the Nayakas of Bednore, and the local Raja acted as their feudatory. «The Hindu, Apr 15»

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