[f. SUB- 9 (b) + FEUDATORY, after prec. Cf. med.L. subfeudātārius.] One who holds a fief from a feudatory.
1839. Penny Cycl., XIV. 105/1. The political system of most towns of North Italy in the tenth and eleventh centuries consisted of the nobles, feudatories, and subfeudatories.
1843. Ld. Brougham, Pol. Phil., I. viii. 279 (Ogilvie, 1882). The smaller proprietors, or feudatories of the prince, had of course proportionably few inferior vassals, or sub-feudatories.
