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feu⋅dal
[fyood-l] 
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–adjective
| 1. | of, pertaining to, or like the feudal system, or its political, military, social, and economic structure. |
| 2. | of or pertaining to the Middle Ages. |
| 3. | of, pertaining to, or of the nature of a fief or fee: a feudal estate. |
| 4. | of or pertaining to the holding of land in a fief or fee. |
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Feudal
Feu"dal\, a. [F. f['e]odal, or LL. feudalis.]1. Of or pertaining to feuds, fiefs, or feels; as, feudal rights or services; feudal tenures. 2. Consisting of, or founded upon, feuds or fiefs; embracing tenures by military services; as, the feudal system.
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Language Translation for : feudal
Spanish:
feudal,
German:
Feudal…,
Japanese:
封建制の
feudal
1614, from M.L. feudalis, from feudum "feudal estate," of Gmc. origin (cf. Goth. faihu "property," O.H.G. fihu "cattle," see fee). Related to M.E. feodary "one who holds lands of an overlord in exchange for service" (1387). Feudalism is a coinage of historians, first attested 1839.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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