* FEUDALISM * FEU to grant land to under Scottish feudal law [v -ED, -ING, -S] ESNE a laborer in Anglo-Saxon England [n -S] FEUD to engage in a feud (a bitter, continuous hostility) [v -ED, -ING, -S] FIAR the holder of a type of absolute ownership of land under Scottish law [n -S] FEOD a {fief=n} [n -S] FIEF a feudal estate [n -S] LEUD a feudal vassal [n -S or -ES] SERF a feudal slave [n -S] SOKE a feudal right to administer justice within a certain territory [n -S] FEOFF to grant a fief to [v -ED, -ING, -S] FEUAR one granted land under Scottish feudal law [n -S] HELOT a slave or serf [n -S] LIEGE a feudal lord [n -S] MESNE a feudal lord holding land from a superior [n -S] NINJA a feudal Japanese warrior [n -S] CORVEE an obligation to perform feudal service [n -S] ENSERF to make a serf of [v -ED, -ING, -S] FEUDAL pertaining to a political and economic system of medieval Europe [adj] : FEUDALLY [adv] HERIOT a feudal tribute or payment [n -S] HOMAGE to pay tribute to [v -AGED, -AGING, -AGES] SOCAGE a form of feudal land tenure [n -S] : SOCCAGE, SOCAGER(s) SOCMAN a {socager=n} [n SOCMEN] : SOCKMAN SOCMAN SOKEMAN VASSAL a person granted the use of land by a feudal lord in return for homage and allegiance [n -S] YEOMAN an independent farmer [n YEOMEN] : YEOMANLY [adj] BURGAGE a feudal tenure [n -S] COLONUS a freeborn serf [n -NI] DEMESNE the legal possession of land as one's own [n -S] ENFEOFF to invest with a feudal estate [v -ED, -ING, -S] FEOFFEE one to whom a fief is granted [n -S] FEOFFER one that grants a fief to another [n -S] FEOFFOR {feoffer=n} [n -S] FEUDARY a {vassal=n} [n -RIES] FEUDIST one that {feuds=v} [n -S] FIEFDOM a {fief=n} [n -S] HELOTRY {helotism=n} [n -RIES] HOMAGER a feudal vassal [n -S] INFEOFF to {enfeoff=v} [v -ED, -ING, -S] SERFAGE {serfdom=n} [n -S] SERFDOM the state of being a serf [n -S] SERFISH characteristic of a serf [adj] SIGNORY {seignory=n} [n -GNORIES] : SEIGNEURY SEIGNIORY SEIGNORY SIGNIORY SIGNORY SCUTAGE a tax exacted by a feudal lord in lieu of military service [n -S] SOCAGER a tenant by socage [n -S] SOCCAGE {socage=n} [n -S] SOCKMAN {socman=n} [n SOCKMEN] : SOCKMAN SOCMAN SOKEMAN SOKEMAN {socman=n} [n SOKEMEN] : SOCKMAN SOCMAN SOKEMAN VAVASOR a high-ranking vassal [n -S] : VAVASOR VAVASOUR VAVASSOR VILLEIN a type of {serf=n} [n -S] FEUDALLY [adv] HELOTAGE {helotism=n} [n -S] HELOTISM slavery or or serfdom [n -S] LIEGEMAN a feudal vassal [n LIEGEMEN] MESNALTY a type of feudal estate [n -TIES] MORTMAIN perpetual ownership of land [n -S] QUITRENT a fixed rent due from a socage tenant [n -S] SEIGNEUR {seignior=n} [n -S] SEIGNIOR a feudal lord [n -S] : SEIGNEUR SEIGNORY the power of a seignior [n -GNORIES] : SEIGNEURY SEIGNIORY SEIGNORY SIGNIORY SIGNORY SERFHOOD {serfdom=n} [n -S] SERFLIKE {serfish=adj} [adj] SIGNIORY {signory=n} [n -GNIORIES] : SEIGNEURY SEIGNIORY SEIGNORY SIGNIORY SIGNORY SUZERAIN a feudal lord [n -S] THIRLAGE an obligation requiring feudal tenants to grind grain at a certain mill [n -S] VAVASOUR {vavasor=n} [n -S] : VAVASOR VAVASOUR VAVASSOR VAVASSOR {vavasor=n} [n -S] : VAVASOR VAVASOUR VAVASSOR VENDETTA a feud between two families [n -S] FEOFFMENT [n -S] FEUDALISM [n -S] FEUDALIST [n -S] FEUDALITY [n -TIES] FEUDALIZE [v -ZED, -ZING, -ZES] FEUDATORY [n -TORIES] GAVELKIND [n -S] NONFEUDAL PREFEUDAL SEIGNEURY [n -RIES] : SEIGNEURY SEIGNIORY SEIGNORY SIGNIORY SIGNORY SEIGNIORY [n -RIES] : SEIGNEURY SEIGNIORY SEIGNORY SIGNIORY SIGNORY SERJEANTY [n -TIES] a tenure in English feudalism SUBINFEUD [v -ED, -ING, -S] SUBVASSAL [n -S] VASSALAGE [n -S] ENSERFMENT [n -S] SEIGNORAGE [n -S] SEIGNORIAL SEMIFEUDAL SUZERAINTY [n -TIES] ENFEOFFMENT [n -S] FEUDALISTIC SEIGNEURIAL SEIGNIORAGE [n -S] SUBINFEUDATE [v -TED, -TING, -TES] FEUDALIZATION [n -S] SUBINFEUDATION [n -S] * List compiled from OWL2 + Long List by Rebecca Slivka