: the homage, fealty, or services due from a vassal
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the WebWith the vassalage of American executives, woke-corporate cancel culture will become more obnoxious than ever before. Robert H. Bork Jr., National Review, 14 July 2021 Favereau writes: The Russian principalities experienced extraordinary economic vitality during their vassalage to the Horde. Colin Thubron, The New York Review of Books, 6 July 2021 Trump is trying to use his vertical of vassalage to thwart the electoral system. Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2020 Those favoring Brexit blasted Mrs. May’s deal as a form of vassalage that would prevent Britain from striking its own trade deals with the rest of the world. Peter S. Goodman, New York Times, 31 July 2019 In transition Britain will be in a form of vassalage, obliged to apply all EU laws and regulations with no say in making them.The Economist, 5 Dec. 2019 Yet though neither party seems likely to revert to the Republicans’ former state of corporate vassalage, a sweeping corporate retreat is unlikelier still.The Economist, 29 Aug. 2019 The Qataris, in turn, argue that the Saudis want nothing short of Doha's vassalage. Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 7 June 2018 See More
Word History
Etymology
Middle English, "knightly prowess, state of a vassal," borrowed from Anglo-French, "courage, exploit" from vassal "worthy man, vassal" + -age-age