vavasory

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The middle thane was feudal, but not honorary; he was also called a vavasor, and his lands a vavasory, which held of some mesne lord, and not immediately of the King.

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  1. The tenure of the fee held by a vavasor.
  2. Lands held by a vavasor.

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  • The middle thane was feudal, but not honorary; he was also called a vavasor, and his lands a vavasory, which held of some mesne lord, and not immediately of the King. —  The Commonwealth of Oceana
 

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  1. Middle English *vavasorie(?), from vavasor: see vavasor.
 

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