1. Plural of feudary; persons who hold land from a feudal lord in exchange for service or allegiance.
Usage: archaic; historical

Examples

• The feudaries of the medieval kingdom owed military service to their overlord.
• In feudal times, feudaries worked the land in exchange for protection.
• The king granted estates to his feudaries as rewards for loyalty.
• Feudaries occupied a middle rank between the nobility and common peasants.
• The feudaries paid taxes and rendered homage to their feudal superior.