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Webster 1913 Edition


Vidame

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Vi-dame′

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Noun.
[F., fr. LL.
vice-dominus
, fr. L.
vice
instead of +
dominus
master, lord.]
(Fr. Feud. Law)
One of a class of temporal officers who originally represented the bishops, but later erected their offices into fiefs, and became feudal nobles.