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Lord :: Lord (n.) One of whom a fee or estate is held; the male owner of feudal land; as, the lord of the soil; the lord of the manor..

Feud :: Feud (n.) A stipendiary estate in land, held of superior, by service; the right which a vassal or tenant had to the lands or other immovable thing of his lord, to use the same and take the profists thereof hereditarily, rendering to his superior such duties and services as belong to military tenure, etc., the property of the soil always remaining in the lord or superior; a fief; a fee..

Feudary :: Feudary (a.) Held by, or pertaining to, feudal tenure..

Feudalizing :: Feudalizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Feudaliz.

Allodial :: Allodial (a.) Pertaining to allodium; freehold; free of rent or service; held independent of a lord paramount; -- opposed to feudal; as, allodial lands; allodial system..

Feodatory :: Feodatory (n.) See Feudatory.

Adscript :: Adscript (n.) One held to service as attached to the glebe or estate; a feudal serf.

Feoff :: Feoff (v. t.) To invest with a fee or feud; to give or grant a corporeal hereditament to; to enfeoff.

Bail :: Bail (n.) The outer wall of a feudal castle. Hence: The space inclosed by it; the outer court.

Enfeoff :: Enfeoff (v. t.) To give a feud, or right in land, to; to invest with a fief or fee; to invest (any one) with a freehold estate by the process of feoffment..

Coshering :: Coshering (n.) A feudal prerogative of the lord of the soil entitling him to lodging and food at his tenant's house.

Master :: Master (n.) A male person having another living being so far subject to his will, that he can, in the main, control his or its actions; -- formerly used with much more extensive application than now. (a) The employer of a servant. (b) The owner of a slave. (c) The person to whom an apprentice is articled. (d) A sovereign, prince, or feudal noble; a chief, or one exercising similar authority. (e) The head of a household. (f) The male head of a school or college. (g) A male teacher. (h) The direct

Infeodation :: Infeodation (n.) See Infeudation.

Feudary :: Feudary (n.) A feodary. See Feodary.

Vassalage :: Vassalage (n.) The state of being a vassal, or feudatory..

Feudtory :: Feudtory (a.) Held from another on some conditional tenure; as, a feudatory title..

Infeudation :: Infeudation (n.) The act of putting one in possession of an estate in fee.

Subingression :: Subinfeudation (n.) Subordinate tenancy; undertenancy.

Livery :: Livery (n.) The uniform clothing issued by feudal superiors to their retainers and serving as a badge when in military service.

Castle-guard :: Castle-guard (n.) A feudal tenure, obliging the tenant to perform service within the realm, without limitation of time..

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