vassalhood

English

Etymology

vassal +‎ -hood

Noun

vassalhood (uncountable)

  1. The state of being a vassal; vassalage.
    • 1848, Henry Whitelock Torrens, Madame de Malguet: A Tale of 1820, volume 3, page 134:
      Let's escape, good friend, before the whole mounted vassalhood is down upon us!
    • 2009, Dominique Barthélemy, The Serf, the Knight, and the Historian, page 148:
      The coexistence, under the same label, of "private" vassalhood and a particular idea of public service should help us to see that the notion of a feudal society devoid of public ethos is a trap.
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