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subvassal en · NOUN

Etymology

From sub- + vassal. Compare earlier subvavasour.

Meanings

  1. (historical) The vassal of a vassal.
    • A Carolingian capitulary of 799 allowed the church to assign its property as benefices to lay subvassals to circumvent the canon law restriction on clergy serving as warriors. 2016, Peter H. Wilson, The Holy Roman Empire, Penguin, published 2017, page 329:

Forms

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subvassals Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

subvassalage

Synonyms

vavasour

Translations (4)

la vavassor (vassal of a vassal) · it valvassore (vassal of a vassal) · fr vavasseur (vassal of a vassal) · enm vavasour (vassal of a vassal)