Definition of "vassalage" noun countable and uncountable , plural vassalages
The state of being a vassal . quotations examples
Quotations For all England was his fief , held in vassalage to God and to no man alive , his heart now sang ; allwhither his empire spread , opulent in grain and metal and every revenue of the earth , and in stalwart men (his chattels ), and in strong orderly cities , where the windows would be adorned with scarlet hangings , and women (with golden hair and red lax lips ) would presently admire as King Edward rode slowly by at the head of a resplendent retinue .
2012, James Branch Cabell, Chivalry, page 138