Vassalage

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A territory held in vassalage.

II. Vassalage ·noun Vassals, collectively; vassalry.

III. Vassalage ·noun The state of being a vassal, or feudatory.

IV. Vassalage ·noun Valorous service, such as that performed by a vassal; valor; prowess; courage.

V. Vassalage ·noun Political servitude; dependence; subjection; slavery; as, the Greeks were held in vassalage by the Turks.