Definition of feud

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Feud (n.) A combination of kindred to avenge injuries or affronts, done or offered to any of their blood, on the offender and all his race..

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Zamindar :: Zamindar (n.) A landowner; also, a collector of land revenue; now, usually, a kind of feudatory recognized as an actual proprietor so long as he pays to the government a certain fixed revenue..
Feod :: Feod (n.) A feud. See 2d Feud.
Feoff :: Feoff (v. t.) To invest with a fee or feud; to give or grant a corporeal hereditament to; to enfeoff.
Knight :: Knight (n.) In feudal times, a man-at-arms serving on horseback and admitted to a certain military rank with special ceremonies, including an oath to protect the distressed, maintain the right, and live a stainless life..
Adscript :: Adscript (n.) One held to service as attached to the glebe or estate; a feudal serf.
Feudist :: Feudist (n.) A writer on feuds; a person versed in feudal law.
Feudal :: Feudal (a.) Of or pertaining to feuds, fiefs, or feels; as, feudal rights or services; feudal tenures..
Livery :: Livery (n.) The uniform clothing issued by feudal superiors to their retainers and serving as a badge when in military service.
Bailey :: Bailey (n.) The outer wall of a feudal castle.
Lord :: Lord (n.) One of whom a fee or estate is held; the male owner of feudal land; as, the lord of the soil; the lord of the manor..
Coshering :: Coshering (n.) A feudal prerogative of the lord of the soil entitling him to lodging and food at his tenant's house.
Feudally :: Feudally (adv.) In a feudal manner.
Feudary :: Feudary (n.) A feodary. See Feodary.
Adscript :: Adscript (a.) Held to service as attached to the soil; -- said of feudal serfs.
Vidame :: Vidame (n.) One of a class of temporal officers who originally represented the bishops, but later erected their offices into fiefs, and became feudal nobles..
Feudary :: Feudary (n.) A tenant who holds his lands by feudal service; a feudatory.
Vendetta :: Vendetta (n.) A blood feud; private revenge for the murder of a kinsman.
Castle-guard :: Castle-guard (n.) A feudal tenure, obliging the tenant to perform service within the realm, without limitation of time..
Relief :: Relief (n.) A fine or composition which the heir of a deceased tenant paid to the lord for the privilege of taking up the estate, which, on strict feudal principles, had lapsed or fallen to the lord on the death of the tenant..
Feudataty :: Feudataty (a. & n.) See Feudatory.
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