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vassalhood

vassalhood noun: the state of being a vassal; vassalage.

Noun

vassalhood (uncountable)

  1. The 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
    • 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 of vassalhood

From vassal + -hood.

Questions about vassalhood

What does vassalhood mean?
Vassalhood means the state of being a vassal; vassalage.
What part of speech is vassalhood?
Vassalhood is a noun.

Words near vassalhood in the dictionary

  1. vassaldom
  2. vassaldoms
  3. vassaled
  4. vassaless
  5. vassalesses
  6. vassalhood
  7. vassalic
  8. vassaling
  9. vassalisation
  10. vassalise
  11. vassalised

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