1. a person who holds a fief or fee; a feudal vassal or tenant.
Usage: archaic; historical
2. an officer in charge of escheated lands or forfeitures in medieval England.
Usage: archaic; legal history

Examples

• The feodary owed military service to his lord in exchange for the use of the land.
• In feudal times, a feodary occupied a position between the common peasant and the nobility.
• The king's feodary managed the properties that had reverted to the crown.
• As a feodary, he was bound by oath to defend his lord's interests.
• Medieval records show that each feodary paid annual rents to maintain his holding.