Feudal Definition

fyo͝odl
adjective
Of a feud (land)
Webster's New World
Of or like feudalism.
Webster's New World
Of or like a feud (quarrel)
Webster's New World
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Origin of Feudal

  • From Old French feodal, from Medieval Latin feodalis, from feudum.

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Feudal Sentence Examples

  • The title of giudice was abolished and a feudal marquisate substituted.

  • Agreeably to feudal customs, these nobles, as they grew in power, retired from the town, and built themselves fortresses on points of vantage in the neighborhood.

  • These were lands over which, in distinction front the other feudal lands, rights of pasture, cutting of wood, &c. &c., existed.

  • In this concordat a distinction was made between spiritual investiture, by the ring and pastoral staff, and lay or feudal investiture, by the sceptre.

  • This writ was one transferring cases concerning the ownership of property from the courts of the feudal lords to those of the king.

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Words Starting With

FFEFEU

Words Ending With

LALDAL

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Words Starting With F and Ending With L

Starts With F & Ends With LStarts With FE & Ends With LStarts With F & Ends With AL

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6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With F6 Letter Words Ending With L