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Feudalism

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Noun

1. feudal system, feudalism

the social system that developed in Europe in the 8th century; vassals were protected by lords who they had to serve in war

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Feudalism

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noun
1. Also called: feudal system
the legal and social system that evolved in W Europe in the 8th and 9th centuries, in which vassals were protected and maintained by their lords, usually through the granting of fiefs, and were required to serve under them in war
See also vassalage, fief
2. 
any social system or society, such as medieval Japan or Ptolemaic Egypt, that resembles medieval European feudalism

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Feudalism

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noun
1. 
the economic, political, and social system in medieval Europe, in which land, worked by serfs who were bound to it, was held by vassals in exchange for military and other services given to overlords
2. 
a society organized like that in medieval Europe

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Feudalism

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n.
1. A political and economic system of Europe from the 9th to about the 15th century, based on the holding of all land in fief or fee and the resulting relation of lord to vassal and characterized by homage, legal and military service of tenants, and forfeiture.
2. A political, economic, or social order resembling this medieval system.

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