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noun
A proclamation, as of the French kings, calling not only their immediate feudatories, but the vassals of these feudatories, to take the field for war.
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Usage: historical
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noun
The body of vassals called or liable to be called to arms, in ancient France.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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History
French arrière-ban
