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feudalism |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Feudalism \Feu"dal*ism\, n. [Cf. F. f['e]odalisme.] The feudal system; a system by which the holding of estates in land is made dependent upon an obligation to render military service to the kind or feudal superior; feudal principles and usages. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: feudalism n : the social system that developed in Europe in the 8th C; vassals were protected by lords who they had to serve in war [syn: {feudal system}]
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