Văs'sal-aġe, n.

n. [Fr. vasselage, Pr. vassalatge, vasselatge, Sp. vasallage, Pg. vassallagem, It. vassallaggio, L. Lat. vassallagium, vassallaticum.]

1. The state of being a vassal or feudatory.
2. Political servitude; dependence; subjection; slavery; as, the Greeks were long held in vassalage by the Turks.