Definition
The act or process of reducing someone to vassal status; the state of being a vassal or feudal dependent.
Etymology
From 'envassal' plus the noun suffix '-age', which creates abstract nouns indicating a state, condition, or process (like 'marriage', 'bondage', 'village').
Kelly Says
Medieval legal documents are obsessed with 'envassalage' because it was the contract that bound entire societies—a peasant's envassalage to a lord meant they gave up freedom but gained theoretical protection, creating the backbone of feudal order.
Translations
CACatalà
submissió
soo-b-mis-sió
CSČeština
podrobenost
pod-ro-be-nost
DADansk
underlæggelse
un-der-laeg-gel-se
DEDeutsch
Unterwerfung
oon-ter-ver-fong
ELΕλληνικά
υποταγή
ee-po-ta-ghi
ESEspañol
sometimiento
so-men-tee-miento
FISuomi
alistelu
a-li-ste-lu
FRFrançais
subjugation
soo-byoo-zhah-syohn
HIहिन्दी
विजय प्राप्ति
vi-jay pra-at-ti
HUMagyar
alávetés
a-la-ve-tes
IDBahasa Indonesia
penaklukan
pe-na-klu-kan
ITItaliano
sottomissione
so-tto-mee-ssione
MSBahasa Melayu
penaklukan
pe-na-klu-kan
NLNederlands
onderwerping
on-der-wer-ping
NONorsk
underlagt
un-der-la-gt
PLPolski
podboże
pod-bo-zhe
PTPortuguês
submissão
soo-b-mee-ssao
RORomână
supunere
soo-poo-ne-reh
RUРусский
порабощение
po-ra-bos-che-niye
SVSvenska
underkastning
un-der-kast-ning
SWKiswahili
ushabizi
oo-sha-bi-zi
THไทย
การยึดครอง
gaan-yar-krong
TLTL
paglalarawan
pa-g-la-la-ra-wan
TRTürkçe
esareti
eh-sa-re-ti
UKУкраїнська
підкорення
pid-kor-en-nya
VITiếng Việt
chiếm lấy
chiem lay