feudality

[ fyoo-dal-i-tee ]

noun

, plural feu·dal·i·ties.

1. the state or quality of being feudal.
2. the principles and practices of feudalism.
3. a fief or fee.

feudality

/ fjuːˈdælɪtɪ /

noun

1. the state or quality of being feudal
2. a fief or fee

Word History and Origins

Origin of feudality¹

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

Example Sentences

At the gates of this frontier town he delivered his first summons of feudality.

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We would caution those who now raise the cry of feudality and aristocracy, to have a care of what they are about.

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As for feudality, so long as the power to alienate exists at all in the tenant, he does not hold by a feudal tenure.

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Certainly, the last remains of the old feudality would be engulfed forever.

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This species of feudality is kept up to aggrandise the corporations at the ruin of towns; and the effect is visible.

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