feudatory
/fyoo-duh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee/US // ˈfyu dəˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i //UK // (ˈfjuːdətərɪ, in feudal Europe -trɪ) //
藩政,藩国,藩镇,藩属
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n.名词 noun
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plural feu·da·to·ries.
- : a person who holds lands by feudal tenure; a feudal vassal.
- : a fief or fee.
adj.形容词 adjective
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- : under the overlordship of another sovereign or state.
- : holding or held by feudal tenure.
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Examples
A feudatory Sovereign indeed; but yet independent so long as my dues of homage are duly discharged.
Though a feudatory of the rebellious Holkar of Indore, he kept aloof from all Mahratta intrigues, and behaved well to us.
The feudatory knights had disagreements among themselves, and carried on petty war against each other.
In 1905 the district of Sambalpur, together with the five feudatory states, was transferred to Bengal.
If the principality was feudatory, the conclusion necessarily follows, that it was under the government of the king's laws.
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