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[syn: feudal, feudalistic]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
feudal \feu"dal\ (f[=u]"dal), a. [F. f['e]odal, or LL.
feudalis.]
1. Of or pertaining to feuds, fiefs, or fees; as, feudal
rights or services; feudal tenures.
[1913 Webster]
2. Consisting of, or founded upon, feuds or fiefs; embracing
tenures by military services; as, the feudal system.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
feudal
adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of feudalism [syn:
feudal, feudalistic]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
50 Moby Thesaurus words for "feudal":
absolute, absolutist, absolutistic, arbitrary, aristocratic,
arrogant, authoritarian, authoritative, autocratic, bossy, client,
dependent, despotic, dictatorial, domineering, feodal, feudatory,
grinding, high-handed, imperative, imperial, imperious, inferior,
liege, lordly, magisterial, magistral, manorial, masterful,
monocratic, oppressive, overbearing, overruling, peremptory,
praedial, real, repressive, seigneurial, seignioral, servile,
severe, strict, subject, subordinate, subservient, suppressive,
tributary, tyrannical, tyrannous, vassal
Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856):
FEUDAL. A term applied to whatever concerned a feud; as feudal law: feudal
rights.