Vidame, a French term descended from mediaeval Latin vicedominus (`vice-lord`, which may mean `vice-count`, depending on the feudal status of the territory), was a feudal title in France. The vidame was originally, like the avoué (advocatus), the royal or crown judge, a secular official chosen by the bishop of the diocese, with the consent of...
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one who holds lands on behalf of a French bishop
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• (n.) One of a class of temporal officers who originally represented the bishops, but later erected their offices into fiefs, and became feudal nobles.
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Vi·dame' noun [ French, from Late Latin
vice- dominus , from Latin
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...
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