Feudalism
['fjuːdəlɪz(ə)m] or ['fjʊdl'ɪzəm]
Definition
(noun.) the social system that developed in Europe in the 8th century; vassals were protected by lords who they had to serve in war.
Checked by Blanchard--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) 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.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Feudal system.
Typist: Sharif
Examples
- The reality of feudalism was its voluntary co-operation. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Feudalism in its most flourishing age was anything but systematic. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- She lived on in a state of picturesque feudalism enlivened by blood feuds, in which about five per cent. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Feudalism was doomed by the applications of the new science, for they transferred power from the landed nobility to the manufacturing centers. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
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