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vassalage

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vas·sal·age  (vs-lj)
n.
1. The condition of being a vassal.
2. The service, homage, and fealty required of a vassal.
3. A position of subordination or subjection; servitude.
4. The land held by a vassal; a fief.
5. Vassals, especially those of a particular lord, considered as a group.
vassalage
1. the condition of land tenure of a vassal.
2. the fief or lands held.
See also: Law, Property and Ownership
Vassalage vassels collectively, 1807.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.vassalage - the state of a serf
serfdom, serfhood
slavery, thraldom, thrall, thralldom, bondage - the state of being under the control of another person


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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.
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Let us not then pursue By force impossible, by leave obtain'd Unacceptable, though in Heav'n, our state Of splendid vassalage, but rather seek Our own good from our selves, and from our own Live to our selves, though in this vast recess, Free, and to none accountable, preferring Hard liberty before the easie yoke Of servile Pomp.
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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.
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