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Definition of Feudal
1. Adjective. Of or relating to or characteristic of feudalism.
Definition of Feudal
1. a. Of or pertaining to feuds, fiefs, or feels; as, feudal rights or services; feudal tenures.
Definition of Feudal
1. Adjective. of, or relating to feudalism ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Feudal
1. pertaining to a political and economic system of medieval Europe [adj] : FEUDALLY [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Feudal
Literary usage of Feudal
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Commentaries on the Laws of England by William Blackstone, William Carey Jones (1915)
"OF THE feudal SYSTEM. § 62. History of the feudal system.—It is impossible to
understand, with any degree of accuracy, either the civil constitution of this ..."
2. Norman Institutions by Charles Homer Haskins (1918)
"Intimately connected with feudal tenure is the matter of feudal jurisdiction.
First of all, there is the jurisdiction which is strictly feudal, ..."
3. Commentaries on American Law by James Kent (1866)
"Of the origin and establishment of feudal tenures on the continent of Europe.
Some writers have supposed that the sources of feuds were not confined to the ..."
4. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero, Ernest Alfred Benians (1904)
"The National Assembly entirely abolishes the feudal system," said the decrees of
August 4. And yet the very same paragraph proclaimed the continuance, ..."
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