| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| LIEGE | Feudal superior | |
| SUZERAIN | A superior lord, to whom fealty is due; a feudal lord; a lord paramount. | |
| FEUDATORY | A tenant or vassal who held his lands of a superior on condition of feudal service; the tenant of a feud or fief. | |
| BENEFICIARY | Holding some office or valuable possession, in subordination to another; holding under a feudal or other superior; having a dependent and secondary possession. | |
| VASSAL | 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. | |
| FEUDALISM | The feudal system; a system by which the holding of estates in land is made dependent upon an obligation to render military service to the kind... | |
| 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... | |