subfeudatory
(sʌbˈfjuːdətərɪ)
[f. sub- 9 (b) + feudatory, after prec. Cf. med.L. subfeudātārius.]
One who holds a fief from a feudatory.
| 1839 Penny Cycl. XIV. 105/1 The political system of most towns of North Italy in the tenth and eleventh centuries consisted of the nobles, feudatories, and subfeudatories. c 1850 Brougham (Ogilvie, 1882), The smaller proprietors or feudatories of the prince, had..proportionably few inferior vassals, or sub-feudatories. |