feudatory
/ˈfjuːdətəɹɪ/adjective, noun
feudatory is an adjective meaning “Relating to feudalism, feudal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-E-U-D-A-T-O-R-Y, and it appears about once in every 24 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does feudatory mean?
adjective
- 1
Relating to feudalism, feudal.
noun
- 1
A feudal vassal.
- 2
A feudal territory, a fief.
- 3
A fee paid by such a vassal to hold land.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce feudatory?
- UK /ˈfjuːdətəɹɪ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of feudatory
- feodatory
- feudatories plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is feudatory?
Feudatory appears about once in every 24 million words in written English, the 148,541st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Feudatory in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense relating to feudalism:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | feudal |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does feudatory come from?
From the Latin feudātōrius, from the Mediaeval Latin feudāre (“to enfeoff”), from feudum, feodum.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).