( a. )
Holding some office or valuable possession, in subordination to another; holding under a feudal or other superior; having a dependent and secondary possession.
( a. )
Holding some office or valuable possession, in subordination to another; holding under a feudal or other superior; having a dependent and secondary possession.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary. Пересмотренный полный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012