noun
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the condition of being a vassal or the obligations to which a vassal was liable
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the relationship between a vassal and his lord
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subjection, servitude, or dependence in general
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rare vassals collectively
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Example Sentences
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But to keep this cooperation on track, Washington will need to convince India that it, unlike China, seeks a mutually beneficial partnership, not a form of digital vassalage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
“There’s no statement of vassalage at the site,” says Estrada-Belli.
From National Geographic ● Jan. 26, 2024
Their fall ushered in a long period known as the Great Interregnum, in which no Holy Roman emperor existed and Germanic nobles swore oaths of vassalage to rival kings.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
"He would add," Madison wrote, "that domestic slavery is the most prominent feature in the aristocratic countenance of the proposed Constitution. The vassalage of the poor has ever been the favorite offspring of aristocracy."
From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2021
I was a discord in Gateshead Hall: I was like nobody there; I had nothing in harmony with Mrs. Reed or her children, or her chosen vassalage.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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