feudalityn.
/fjuːˈdalᵻti/, U.S. /fjuˈdælədi/ 1.
a. The quality or state of being feudal; the principles and practice of the feudal system.
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society > authority > rule or government > a or the system of government > systems based on specific principle > [noun] > feudal system > quality of
feudality1790
1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 322 The leaders teach the people to abhor and reject all feodality as the barbarism of tyranny. View more context for this quotation
1827 H. Hallam Constit. Hist. Eng. I. i. 7 [The holding of Assizes] had..a powerful tendency..to check the influence of feudality and clanship.
1845 J. S. Mill Ess. II. 265 The very essence of feudality was..the fusion of property and sovereignty.
1858 H. T. Buckle Hist. Civilisation Eng. (1869) II. ii. 111 There followed that struggle between feudality and the church.
1875 C. M. Yonge Cameos cxxiv, in Monthly Packet May 499 The many means of raising money that feudality afforded.
b. plural. Feudal principles.
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society > authority > rule or government > a or the system of government > systems based on specific principle > [noun] > feudal system > principles of
feudalities1814
1814 J. Galt Witness i. iii, in New Brit. Theatre I. 21 It was a breach in your feudalities To change the place.
2. A feudal regime or system; a feudal-like power; a feudal holding, a fief.
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society > authority > rule or government > a or the state > [noun] > feudal state
feudality1800
society > authority > rule or government > a or the system of government > systems based on specific principle > [noun] > feudal system > instance of
feudality1800
society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > a legal holding > [noun] > a feudal holding or fief
feec1330
feoffmentc1330
servicec1390
fief1611
feud1614
feudatoryc1660
benefice1753
fee-estate1775
feu1791
feudality1800
fiefdom1814
seigneury1903
1800 S. T. Coleridge tr. F. Schiller Piccolomini ii. viii. 98 All the great Bohemian feodalties.
1821 Examiner 237/2 Capital in Great Britain has become a feudality.
1841 T. Carlyle On Heroes vi. 388 He..strove to connect himself with..the old false Feudalities which he once saw clearly to be false.
1845 H. H. Wilson Hist. Brit. India 1805–35 I. iv. 203 A principle recognised throughout the feudality of India.
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society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > faithfulness or trustworthiness > fidelity or loyalty > [noun] > to (feudal) lord
helda1000
fealtyc1300
feudality1701
1701 W. Kennett Cowell's Interpreter (new ed.) sig. R3v Feodalitas, Feodality or Fidelity paid to the Lord by his feodal Tenant.
Hence 1797 T. E. Tomlins Jacob's Law-dict. Feodality, fealty.
1847 in J. Craig New Universal Dict.
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