Symptoms of CDI can vary. Diarrhea is the most common symptom; it is usually watery and, rarely, bloody, and may be associated with crampy abdominal pain. Associated symptoms are feeling poorly, fever, nausea and vomiting. Signs of severe disease include fever and abdominal distension and/or tenderness.
Vassalage \Vassal*age\, n. [OE. vassalage, F. vasselage, LL. vassallaticum.] [1913 Webster] 1. The state of being a vassal, or feudatory. [1913 Webster] 2. Political servitude; dependence; subjection; slavery; as, the Greeks were held in vassalage by the Turks. [1913 Webster] 3. A territory held in vassalage.
An overlord was a person from whom a landholding or a manor was held by a mesne lord or vassal under various forms of feudal land tenure. The modern term  landlord  is a vestigial survival of this function. A liege lord was a person to whom a vassal owed sworn allegiance.