VAVASORY Definition & Meaning

vavasory

[ vav-uh-sawr-ee, -sohr-ee ]

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noun

plural vavasories.

the tenure of a fee held by a vavasor.
lands held by a vavasor.

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of vavasory¹

1605–15; < Medieval Latin vavasoria < Middle French vavassourie. See vavasor, -y ³

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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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