comitatus

Lateinisch - Englisch

Definition von comitatus im Lateinisch Englisch wörterbuch

company/throng/crowd

accompany, go along with

grow alongside

train, retinue, following / war band

escort/retinue (of slaves/clients)

attend (funeral)

rank and file

(comp) better attended, having a larger retinue

train, retinue, following/ war band

company of soldiers/mercenaries

court of a king

accompanied (by/in time)

accompanied

follow (camp)

combination, association

war band

Englisch - Englisch

Definition von comitatus im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

a group of warriors or nobles accompanying a king or other leader

A Germanic band of warriors attached to a famous warrior to whom they pledged unswerving loyalty in exchange for gifts

[L , collective deriv of comes, comit-em, companion, count ] 1 A body of comites or companions; a retinue of warriors or nobles attached to the person of a king or chieftain b The status or relationship of such a body to their chief 1875 Stubbs Const Hist I vi 152 The development of the comitatus into a territorial nobility seems to be a feature peculiar to English History Ibid I vi 160 The Danish jarl seems to have been more certainly connected by the tie of comitatus with his king than the Anglo-Saxon ealdorman 1875 Maine Hist Inst v 138 The first aristocracy springing from kingly favour consisted of the Comitatus or Companions of the King 2 An (English) county; as in the legal phrase posse comitatus, q v

An agreement or contract between a warrior and his lord The warrior agrees to protect his lord, in battle, in exchange for food, drink, shelter and riches

Etymologie

() Latin comitatus, from comes ‘companion’.