| A.D. |
after the birth of Jesus Christ. A.D. is an abbreviation for anno domini, which means "in the year of the Lord" in Latin. Something that happened in A.D. 50 happened fifty years after the birth of Christ. |
| alleluia |
praise the Lord. [1/2 definitions] |
| anno Domini |
(Latin) in the year of the Lord (often abbreviated "A.D.") |
| fealty |
the loyalty pledged by a vassal to a feudal lord and considered as binding. [1/2 definitions] |
| feudal |
of, concerning, or similar to feudalism, in which a landholding lord granted land to vassals on condition of their serving him. [1/2 definitions] |
| fief |
a landholding granted by a lord to a vassal in a feudal system. |
| fiefdom |
the domain of a lord under the system of feudalism. [1/2 definitions] |
| homage |
a formal, public pledge of allegiance to a feudal lord by a tenant or vassal. [1/2 definitions] |
| Kyrie eleison |
Lord, have mercy (Greek); a supplication or invocation that is part of many liturgies in the Greek Orthodox and Roman Catholic Churches. [1/2 definitions] |
| liege |
a feudal lord or sovereign entitled to allegiance and service. [4 definitions] |
| lordly |
befitting a lord; noble; grand. [1/2 definitions] |
| lordship |
(often cap.) a title used in speaking to or referring to a lord, or, in Great Britain, to a judge (usu. prec. by "your" or "his"). [2 definitions] |
| Oliver Cromwell |
an English revolutionary general and the Lord Protector of England in 1653-58 (b.1599--d.1658). |
| palatine |
a medieval lord with sovereign control over a particular area. [1/5 definitions] |
| ronin |
a feudal Japanese soldier, no longer in the service of a lord but operating independently, often as a wandering bandit. |
| samurai |
a warrior in the service of a lord in medieval Japan. |
| seigneur |
(sometimes cap.) a man of rank, esp. a feudal lord. [1/2 definitions] |
| seignior |
a noble or lord, esp. one in feudal times who controlled a fief. |
| thane |
in England before the Norman Conquest, a freeman who was granted land by the king or a lord in return for military service. [2 definitions] |
| vassal |
a person in the Middle Ages who was given the use of land in return for loyalty and service to a lord. |
| villein |
in the feudal system, one who was a serf to his lord but had the rights and legal status of a freeman otherwise. |