vassalage

pronunciation

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  • Noun:
    the state of a serf

Word Origin

vassalage (n.)
c. 1300, from Old French vassalage, vasselage "the service of a vassal," from vassal (see vassal).

Example

1. He brought the areas still nominally under assyrian vassalage firmly under subjection , deporting populations in the north to far-off places .
2. In time , perhaps 20 to 30 years , a best possible scenario could emerge : china has managed to develop a new approach of regional ties without vassalage , and asian affairs are more integrated , both politically and economically .

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