Vassalage
['væsəlɪdʒ] or ['væslɪdʒ]
Definition
(n.) The state of being a vassal, or feudatory.
(n.) Political servitude; dependence; subjection; slavery; as, the Greeks were held in vassalage by the Turks.
(n.) A territory held in vassalage.
(n.) Vassals, collectively; vassalry.
(n.) Valorous service, such as that performed by a vassal; valor; prowess; courage.
Typist: Rachel
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Subjection, dependence, servitude, slavery.
Checked by Leda
Examples
- I was a discord in Gateshead Hall: I was like nobody there; I had nothing in harmony with Mrs. Reed or her children, or her chosen vassalage. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Mr Dorrit was in the habit of receiving this old man as if the old man held of him in vassalage under some feudal tenure. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Practically all were Zodangans, and it was I to whom Zodanga owed her defeat at the hands of the green hordes and her subsequent vassalage to Helium. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
Typist: Maura