noun
- Plural of feodary; persons who hold a fief or fee; feudal vassals or tenants holding land in fee.
Usage: archaic; historical; chiefly British legal history
Examples
- The feodaries of the manor owed allegiance to the lord.
- Medieval feodaries held their lands in exchange for military service.
- The king's feodaries were required to pay homage at court.
- Feodaries could not sell their fiefs without the lord's permission.