feudality

[ fyoo-dal-i-tee ]

/ fyuˈdæl ɪ ti /

noun, plural feu·dal·i·ties.

the state or quality of being feudal.

the principles and practices of feudalism.

a fief or fee.

Nearby words

feuchtwanger, feud, feudal, feudal system, feudalism, feudality, feudalize, feudatory, feudist, feuerbach, feuillant

Origin of feudality

1695–1705; feudal + -ity; replacing feodality < French féodalité

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Examples from the Web for feudality

This species of feudality is kept up to aggrandise the corporations at the ruin of towns; and the effect is visible.
The Writings of Thomas Paine, Volume II|Thomas Paine
On the spirit of feudality, there are some remarks well worth reading in Comts Philos.
History of Civilization in England, Vol. 2 of 3|Henry Thomas Buckle
Feudality was the natural first step of a people emerging from barbarism.
The Empire of Russia|John S. C. Abbott
As for feudality, so long as the power to alienate exists at all in the tenant, he does not hold by a feudal tenure.
The Chainbearer|J. Fenimore Cooper

Feudality in itself was only a method of owning land; but it was always threatening to pass into a method of government.
A Student's History of England, v. 1 (of 3)|Samuel R. Gardiner.

British Dictionary definitions for feudality

feudality

/ (fjuːˈdælɪtɪ) /

noun plural -ties

the state or quality of being feudal

a fief or fee

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feudality

noun, plural feu·dal·i·ties.

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Origin of feudality

Examples from the Web for feudality

British Dictionary definitions for feudality

feudality

noun plural -ties