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feu⋅dal

  [fyood-l]
–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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Origin:
1605–15; < ML feudālis. See feud 2 , -al 1

Related forms:
feu⋅dal⋅ly, adverb
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feu·dal   (fyōōd'l)   
adj.  

  1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of feudalism.

  2. Of or relating to lands held in fee or to the holding of such lands.

feu'dal·ly adv.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

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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