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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
feu·dal       [fyood-l] Pronunciation Key
–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.

[Origin: 1605–15; < ML feudālis. See feud2, -al1]

feu·dal·ly, adverb
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feu·dal       (fyōōd'l)  Pronunciation Key 
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.
Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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.

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feudal

adjective
of or relating to or characteristic of feudalism 

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

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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