vassalhood

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noun

The state of being a vassal; vassalage.

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Meanings

nounvassalhood (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe state of being a vassal; vassalage.

    Let's escape, good friend, before the whole mounted vassalhood is down upon us!

    1848, Henry Whitelock Torrens, Madame de Malguet: A Tale of 1820, volume 3, page 134
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    The coexistence, under the same label, of "private" vassalhood and a particular idea of public service should help us to see that the notion of a feudal society devoid of public ethos is a trap.

    2009, Dominique Barthélemy, The Serf, the Knight, and the Historian, page 148

Origin

From vassal + -hood.

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