About The Word Feudalism

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Feudalism

Feudalism Meaning & Definition
Feudalism Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Feudalism?

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

Synonyms | Synonyms for Feudalism: feudal system

Related Terms | Find terms related to Feudalism: absolutism | bond service | bondage | captivity | centralism | collectivism | communism | constitutionalism | control | debt slavery | democratism | deprivation of freedom | disenfranchisement | disfranchisement | domination | enslavement | enthrallment | fascism | federalism | feudality | governmentalism | helotism | helotry | imperialism | indentureship | monarchism | national socialism | Nazism | neofascism | parliamentarianism | parliamentarism | peonage | pluralism | political principles | republicanism | restraint | royalism | serfdom | serfhood | servility | servitude | slavery | socialism | statism | subjection | subjugation | thrall | thralldom | tyranny | vassalage | villenage

See Also | social organisation | social organization | social structure | social system | structure

Feudalism In Webster's Dictionary

\Feu"dal*ism\, n. [Cf. F. f['e]odalisme.] The feudal system; a system by which the holding of estates in land is made dependent upon an obligation to render military service to the kind or feudal superior; feudal principles and usages.

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