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What (who) is VASSAL - definition

PERSON WHO HAS ENTERED INTO A MUTUAL OBLIGATION TO A LORD OR MONARCH IN THE CONTEXT OF THE FEUDAL SYSTEM IN MEDIEVAL EUROPE

Vassals; Vassalage; Aids (feudalism); Nöker; Feudatory; Clientage; Vasal; Noeker; Vassalism; Protecrate; Vassalization; Feudatories; Liegeman; Liegemen; Vassi Dominici; Vassus

vassal

n.

1.

Feudatory, feudal tenant.

2.

Subject, dependant, retainer.

3.

Servant, bondman, slave.

Vassal

·adj Resembling a vassal; slavish; servile.

II. Vassal ·noun A subject; a dependent; a servant; a slave.

III. Vassal ·vt To treat as a vassal; to subject to control; to Enslave.

IV. Vassal ·noun 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.

vassal

['vas(?)l]

¦ noun

1. historical a holder of land by feudal tenure on conditions of homage and allegiance.

2. a person or country in a subordinate position to another.

Derivatives

vassalage noun

Origin

ME: via OFr. from med. L. vassallus 'retainer', of Celtic origin.

Wikipedia

Vassal

A vassal or liege subject is a person regarded as having a mutual obligation to a lord or monarch, in the context of the feudal system in medieval Europe. While the subordinate party is called a vassal, the dominant party is called a suzerain. The rights and obligations of a vassal are called vassalage, while the rights and obligations of a suzerain are called suzerainty. The obligations of a vassal often included military support by knights in exchange for certain privileges, usually including land held as a tenant or fief. The term is also applied to similar arrangements in other feudal societies.

In contrast, fealty (fidelitas) was sworn, unconditional loyalty to a monarch.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vassal

Examples of use of VASSAL

1. The implication is that my vassal‘s vassal is still my vassal.

2. This inconsistency is the hallmark of vassal nationalism.

3. Herod was a vassal of a world power, the Roman Empire.

4. The same is true of "vassal nationalism." The majority of vassal nationalists are China‘s elites, and they move in lock step with pragmatic nationalism as dictated by the government.

5. Although thousands of acres of poppies have been destroyed, the former Soviet vassal state now produces more opium than ever.