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

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

Inextinguishable :: Inextinguishable (a.) Not capable of being extinguished; extinguishable; unquenchable; as, inextinguishable flame, light, thirst, desire, feuds..

Bailey :: Bailey (n.) The outer wall of a feudal castle.

Extinct :: Extinct (a.) Without a survivor; without force; dead; as, a family becomes extinct; an extinct feud or law..

Feodal :: Feodal (a.) Feudal. See Feudal.

Baron :: Baron (n.) A title or degree of nobility; originally, the possessor of a fief, who had feudal tenants under him; in modern times, in France and Germany, a nobleman next in rank below a count; in England, a nobleman of the lowest grade in the House of Lords, being next below a viscount..

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..

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

Beneficiary :: Beneficiary (n.) A feudatory or vassal; hence, one who holds a benefice and uses its proceeds..

Relief :: Relief (n.) A fine or composition which the heir of a deceased tenant paid to the lord for the privilege of taking up the estate, which, on strict feudal principles, had lapsed or fallen to the lord on the death of the tenant..

Villain :: Villain (n.) One who holds lands by a base, or servile, tenure, or in villenage; a feudal tenant of the lowest class, a bondman or servant..

Fealty :: Fealty (n.) Fidelity to one's lord; the feudal obligation by which the tenant or vassal was bound to be faithful to his lord; the special oath by which this obligation was assumed; fidelity to a superior power, or to a government; loyality. It is no longer the practice to exact the performance of fealty, as a feudal obligation..

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..

Defeudalize :: Defeudalize (v. t.) To deprive of the feudal character or form.

Feudalized :: Feudalized (imp. & p. p.) of Feudaliz.

Feodatory :: Feodatory (n.) See Feudatory.

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

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

Feudal :: Feudal (a.) Of or pertaining to feuds, fiefs, or feels; as, feudal rights or services; feudal tenures..

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