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LIEGE |
Feudal lord |
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LIEGEMAN |
Vassal, subject of a feudal lord |
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LIEGEMEN |
Vassal, subject of a feudal lord |
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SUZERAIN |
A superior lord, to whom fealty is due; a feudal lord; a
lord paramount. |
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CURIA |
The court of a sovereign or of a feudal lord; also; his
residence or his household. |
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COSHERING |
A feudal prerogative of the lord of the soil entitling
him to lodging and food at his tenant's house. |
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LORD |
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. |
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ALLODIAL |
Pertaining to allodium; freehold; free of rent or
service; held independent of a lord paramount; -- opposed to feudal;
as, allodial lands; allodial system. |
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HOMAGE |
A symbolical acknowledgment made by a feudal tenant to, and
in the presence of, his lord, on receiving investiture of fee, or
coming to it by s... |
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RELIEF |
...d 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... |
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FEALTY |
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 thi... |