Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Vassalage

Vassalage , noun

[Old English vassalage, French vasselage, Late Latin vassallaticum.]

1.
The state of being a vassal, or feudatory.
2.
Political servitude; dependence; subjection; slavery; as, the Greeks were held in vassalage by the Turks.
3.
A territory held in vassalage.
The Countship of Foix, with six territorial vassalages. — Milman
4.
Vassals, collectively; vassalry. [Rare] — Shakespeare
5.
Valorous service, such as that performed by a vassal; valor; prowess; courage. [Obsolete] — Chaucer