FEUDAL SYSTEM
\fjˈuːdə͡l sˈɪstəm], \fjˈuːdəl sˈɪstəm], \f_j_ˈuː_d_əl s_ˈɪ_s_t_ə_m]\
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A form of government formerly subsisting in Europe, and which forms the basis of many European forms and customs. According to this system, persons holding in feud or fee were bound by an oath of fealty to serve the owner of the fee simple at home or abroad in all wars and military expeditions when required.
By Daniel Lyons
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Nearby Words
- feud or feod
- feuda
- feudal
- feudal law
- feudal lord
- feudal system
- feudalise
- feudalism
- feudalist
- feudalistic
- feudality