vassalage

• Zustand oder Stellung eines Vasallen; historisch die Pflicht zur Gefolgschaft und Unterordnung gegenüber einem Lehnsherrn, oft verbunden mit Abhängigkeit und Unterwürfigkeit.

A noun referring to the condition or state of being a serf or vassal, historically associated with feudal obligations and servitude.

unzählbar

1. State of being a serfC2formal

   The condition or status of a person who is bound to work on a lord's estate, often under feudal obligations.

   Leibeigenschaft

   • The peasants lived in a state of vassalage under the local lord.
   • Vassalage was a common social structure in medieval Europe.
   • He was born into vassalage and had little hope of freedom.

   Synonymebondageserfdomservitudethraldomthrallvilleinage

2. Feudal serviceC2formal

   The relationship and duties of a vassal to a lord, including military service and loyalty.

   Vasallität

   • The knight swore an oath of vassalage to his king.
   • Vassalage required the vassal to provide soldiers in times of war.
   • The ceremony of homage formalized the bond of vassalage.

   Synonymeallegiancefealtyhomageserviceservitudesubjection

3. Subordination or dependenceC2formal

   A state of being subordinate or dependent on another person or entity.

   Unterordnung oder Abhängigkeit

   • The company's vassalage to its parent corporation limited its autonomy.
   • He resented his vassalage to the wealthy landowner.
   • The treaty reduced the nation to a state of vassalage.

   Synonymebondagedependenceservitudesubjectionsubordinationthraldomyoke

   Antonymeautonomydominionfreedomindependencelibertymasterysovereigntysupremacy