'Vassalage' definitions:
Definition of 'vassalage'
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Definition of 'Vassalage'
From: GCIDE
- Vassalage \Vas"sal*age\, n. [OE. vassalage, F. vasselage, LL. vassallaticum.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. The state of being a vassal, or feudatory. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Political servitude; dependence; subjection; slavery; as, the Greeks were held in vassalage by the Turks. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A territory held in vassalage. "The Countship of Foix, with six territorial vassalages." --Milman. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Vassals, collectively; vassalry. [R.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 5. Valorous service, such as that performed by a vassal; valor; prowess; courage. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'vassalage'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- absolutism,
- bond service,
- bondage,
- captivity,
- control,
- debt slavery,
- deprivation of freedom,
- disenfranchisement,
- disfranchisement,
- domination,
- enslavement,
- enthrallment,
- feudalism,
- feudality,
- helotism,
- helotry,
- indentureship,
- peonage,
- restraint,
- serfdom,
- serfhood,
- servility,
- servitude,
- slavery,
- subjection,
- subjugation,
- thrall,
- thralldom,
- tyranny,
- villenage