A Carolingian capitulary of 799 allowed the church to assign its property as benefices to lay subvassals to circumvent the canon law restriction on clergy serving as warriors.
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Subvassal
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French
1 entries- vavasseur noun (vassal of a vassal)
Italian
1 entries- valvassore noun (vassal of a vassal)
Latin
1 entries- vavassor noun (vassal of a vassal)
Middle English
1 entries- vavasour noun (vassal of a vassal)
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