Definition of feudal

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Feudal (a.) Of or pertaining to feuds, fiefs, or feels; as, feudal rights or services; feudal tenures..

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Fedaliza/tion :: Fedaliza/tion (n.) The act of reducing to feudal tenure.
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..
Homage :: Homage (n.) A symbolical acknowledgment made by a feudal tenant to, and in the presence of, his lord, on receiving investiture of fee, or coming to it by succession, that he was his man, or vassal; profession of fealty to a sovereign..
Beneficiary :: Beneficiary (a.) Holding some office or valuable possession, in subordination to another; holding under a feudal or other superior; having a dependent and secondary possession..
Feudist :: Feudist (n.) A writer on feuds; a person versed in feudal law.
Bailey :: Bailey (n.) The outer wall of a feudal castle.
Feodal :: Feodal (a.) Feudal. See Feudal.
Castle-guard :: Castle-guard (n.) A feudal tenure, obliging the tenant to perform service within the realm, without limitation of time..
Unfeudalize :: Unfeudalize (v. t.) To free from feudal customs or character; to make not feudal.
Subinfeudation :: Subinfeudation (n.) The granting of lands by inferior lords to their dependents, to be held by themselves by feudal tenure..
Roturier :: Roturier (n.) A person who is not of noble birth; specif., a freeman who during the prevalence of feudalism held allodial land..
Bail :: Bail (n.) The outer wall of a feudal castle. Hence: The space inclosed by it; the outer court.
Defeudalize :: Defeudalize (v. t.) To deprive of the feudal character or form.
Feudalized :: Feudalized (imp. & p. p.) of Feudaliz.
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..
Feudally :: Feudally (adv.) In a feudal manner.
Daimio :: Daimio (n.) The title of the feudal nobles of Japan.
Suzerainty :: Suzerain (n.) A superior lord, to whom fealty is due; a feudal lord; a lord paramount..
Feodality :: Feodality (n.) Feudal tenure; the feudal system. See Feudality.
Allodial :: Allodial (a.) Pertaining to allodium; freehold; free of rent or service; held independent of a lord paramount; -- opposed to feudal; as, allodial lands; allodial system..
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