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vassalage en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈvæsəlɪd͡ʒ/
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Etymology

From Old French vassalage (French vasselage), from vassal.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The state of being a vassal; fealty.
   • For all England was his fief, held in vassalage to God and to no man alive, his heart now sang; allwhither his empire spread, opulent in grain and metal and every revenue of the earth, and in stalwart men (his chattels), and in strong orderly cities, where the windows would be adorned with scarlet hangings, and women (with golden hair and red lax lips) would presently admire as King Edward rode slowly by at the head of a resplendent retinue. 2012, James Branch Cabell, Chivalry, page 138:
   • Lord of my love, to whom in vassalage Thy merit hath my duty strongly knit 1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 26”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, →OCLC:

Forms

Translations (12)

ga vasáilleacht (state) · fi vasallius (state) · ms jajahan takluk (state) · gd òglachas (state) · gl vasalaxe (state) · de Vasallität (state) · ka ვასალიტეტი (state) · ga géillsine (state) · pt vassalagem (state) · de Vasallentum (state) · id jajahan takluk (state) · ga óglachas (state)