Part 4271

<h1>Feudary</h1> <Xpage=555>

<hw>Feu"da*ry</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A tenant who holds his lands by feudal service; a feudatory.</def>

<i>Foxe.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A feodary. See <er>Feodary</er>.</def>

<h1>Feudataty</h1> <Xpage=555>

<hw>Feu"da*ta*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a. & n.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>feudatarius</ets>: cf. F. <ets>feudataire</ets>.]</ety> <def>See <er>Feudatory</er>.</def>

<h1>Feudatory</h1> <Xpage=555>

<hw>Feu"da*to*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Feudatories</plw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>.</plu> <def>A tenant or vassal who held his lands of a superior on condition of feudal service; the tenant of a feud or fief.</def>

<blockquote>The grantee . . . was styled the <b>feudatory</b> or vassal. <i>Blackstone.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote> had for <b>feudatories</b> great princes. <i>J. H. Newman.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Feudtory</h1> <Xpage=555>

<hw>Feu"dto*ry</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Held from another on some conditional tenure; <as>as, a <ex>feudatory</ex> title</as>.</def>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<-- no pos in original = n. --> <h1>Feu de joie</h1> <Xpage=555>

<hw>Feu` de joie"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <ety>[F., lit., fire of joy.]</ety> <def>A fire kindled in a public place in token of joy; a bonfire; a firing of guns in token of joy.</def>

<h1>Feudist</h1> <Xpage=555>

<hw>Feud"ist</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>feudiste</ets>.]</ety> <def>A writer on feuds; a person versed in feudal law.</def>

<i>Spelman.</i>

<h1>Feuillants</h1> <Xpage=555>

<hw>Feu`illants"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <def>A reformed branch of the Bernardines, founded in 1577 at <i>Feuillans</i>, near Toulouse, in France.</def>

<h1>Feuillemort</h1> <Xpage=555>

<hw>Feuille"mort`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>feuille morte</ets> a dead leaf.]</ety> <def>Having the color of a faded leaf.</def>

<i>Locke.</i>

<h1>Feuilleton</h1> <Xpage=555>

<hw>Feu`ille*ton"</hw> <tt>(? &or; ?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., from <ets>feulle</ets> leaf.]</ety> <def>A part of a French newspaper (usually the bottom of the page), devoted to light literature, criticism, etc.; also, the article or tale itself, thus printed.</def>

<h1>Feuilltonist</h1> <Xpage=555>

<hw>Feuill"ton*ist</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>feuilletoniste</ets>.]</ety> <def>A writer of feuilletons.</def>

<i>F. Harrison.</i>