feudatorius

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From feudō (enfeoff), from feudum (fief).

Adjective

feudātōrius (feminine feudātōria, neuter feudātōrium); first/second-declension adjective

  1. feudatory, feudal
    • 1849, Cambrian Archaeological Association, Archaeologia Cambrensis, volume 4, page 37:
      [] quæ quidem luculentius certiusque quam dubitari posset, hanc villulam una cum Tre'r beirdd a Cœnobio de Bethcelert dominico et feudatorio nexu dependere recenset
      which shrews beyond all doubt that the township in question, together with Tre'r beirdd, depended by lordly and feudal obligation upon the monastery of Beddgelert.
    • 1789, Gilbert White, The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne:
      servitium, quo feudatorii grana ſua ad Domini molendinum, ibi molenda perferre, ex conſuetudine, aſtringuntur
      Servitude, whereby vassals are forced to carry their grains to the feudal lord's mill, therein to be ground, in accordance with custom.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Descendants

  • English: feudatory

Noun

feudātōrius m (genitive feudātōriī or feudātōrī); second declension

  1. vassal, homager, feudatory
    Synonym: vassallus

Declension

Second-declension noun.

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).