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feu·dal·ism
 feudalism
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- pronunciation:
- fyu
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lih
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- features:
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noun |
| definition: |
a system of economic and political organization, as in Europe in the Middle Ages, in which landholding lords granted lands to vassals in return for service and homage.
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| derivations: |
feudalist (adj.), feudalistic (adj.), feudalist (n.) |
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