feudalfeud‧al /ˈfjuːdl/ adjective [only before noun] 
Word Origin
the feudal system feudal society
Word OriginWORD ORIGINfeudal
ExamplesOrigin:
1600-1700 Medieval Latin feudalis, from feudum ‘land given in return for service’EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
word sets- A local feudal family, the BalÜici, seized their opportunity and established themselves as rulers of Zeta.
- Certainly, the decline of the feudal force did not lead to the demise of the traditional leadership in war.
- So the patron saint had become absorbed into the feudal world.
- That of the Ottos' was, at least in its ideology, universal and feudal.
- The feudal lords - who could afford real glass - usually had it set directly into stone or metal.
- They were also hired as soldiers by feudal lords.
- While their feudal superiors killed or neglected daughters or banished them to convents, peasants left them more possessions.
WORD SETS► Government
Collocationsabsolutism, nounadministration, nounagency, nounagent, nounagent provocateur, nounalderman, nounally, nounassembly, nounautarchy, nounautocracy, nounautocrat, nounautonomous, adjectiveautonomy, nounban, nounbaron, nounbig government, nounbilateral, adjectivebody politic, nounbudget, nounbureau, nounbureaucracy, nouncabinet, nouncaliphate, nouncanton, nouncanvass, verbcapital, nouncapitalist, nounCapitol Hill, nounCBE, nouncede, verbcentral, adjectivecentral government, nouncentralism, nouncentralize, verbchancellery, nounchancery, nouncharter, nouncharter, verbchief, nounCIA, the, city hall, nouncity-state, nounclient state, nounCo., coalition, nouncold war, nouncolonial, adjectivecolonial, nouncolonialism, nouncolonize, verbcolony, nouncommissioner, nouncommune, nounconsort, nounconstitution, nounconstitutional, adjectiveconstitutionality, nounconvention, nouncoronation, nouncount, nouncounterintelligence, nouncountess, nouncounty, nouncounty council, noundecolonize, verbdemocracy, noundemocratic, adjectivedependency, noundespotism, noundétente, noundethrone, verbdevolution, noundictatorial, adjectivedictatorship, noundiplomacy, noundiplomatic immunity, noundirective, noundisinformation, noundispatch, noundispensation, noundissent, verbdistrict council, noundocumentation, nounDOD, dominion, nounDowning Street, noundynasty, nounearl, nounearldom, nounempire, nounEuro, adjectiveEurope, nounexecutive, nounexecutive privilege, nounfall, verbfall, nounfederalism, nounfeudal, adjectivefeudalism, nounfeudalistic, adjectivegazette, nounhead of state, nounhigh commission, nounimperial, adjectiveindependence, nounindependent, adjectiveinfrastructure, nouninstigate, verbinsurgent, nouninsurrection, nounintelligence, nouninternal, adjectivejunket, nounjunta, nounkingdom, nounkingship, nounkitchen cabinet, nounland office, nounland registry, nounlegation, nounlegislature, nounlicensed, adjectivelocal authority, nounlocal government, nounmaharajah, nounmaharani, nounmandate, nounmandated, adjectivemartial law, nounMBE, nounmeasure, nounmidterm, nounministry, nounminority government, nounmisrule, nounmonarchy, nounmonolith, nounmonolithic, adjectivemoratorium, nounmouthpiece, nounmove, verbmover, nounmunicipal, adjectivemunicipality, nounNASA, nounnational, adjectivenational debt, nounNational Health Service, the, nationalize, verbnational monument, nounnation state, nounNATO, nounneocolonialism, nounneutral, adjectiveneutral, nounneutralize, verbnon-aligned, adjectivenon-intervention, nounnon-proliferation, noun-ocracy, suffix-ocrat, suffixofficiate, verboligarchy, nounoperational, adjectiveoperative, nounoverthrow, verboverthrow, nounoverturn, verbpacify, verbpact, nounpalatinate, nounpardon, nounparish, nounpartition, nounpass, verbpeer, nounpeer, verbpeerage, nounpeeress, nounpermit, nounplenary, adjectiveplutocracy, nounpolice state, nounpolitburo, nounpolitical science, nounpolity, nounpork, nounpork barrel, nounportfolio, nounpossession, nounprecinct, nounprefecture, nounpremiership, nounpresidium, nounprotectorate, nounpublic, adjectivepublic service, nounquota, nounR, ratify, verbrealm, nounrecall, nounrecognition, nounrecognize, verbregency, nounregent, nounregime, nounregister, nounregulation, nounrelease, nounrepeal, verbrepresentative, nounrepressive, adjectiverepublic, nounrepublican, adjectiverescind, verbreunify, verbrevoke, verbrising, nounroyalist, nounruling, adjectivesanction, nounseat, nounsecret agent, nounsecurity service, nounself-governing, adjectiveself-rule, nounsheikh, nounshire, nounsocial democracy, nounsocialist, adjectivesocial service, nounsovereign, adjectivesovereignty, nounspin doctor, nounstaff, nounstate, nounstatehood, nounStatehouse, nounstate line, nounstate of emergency, nounstatewide, adjectivesubject, adjectivesubject, verbsultanate, nounsummit, nounsuperpower, nounsuppress, verbsupranational, adjectivesurgery, nounsuzerainty, nountechnocracy, nounterritory, nounthrone, nountopple, verbtotalitarian, adjectivetown planning, nountownship, nountransit visa, nountreaty, nountribalism, nountripartite, adjectivetrusteeship, nountsarism, nountyrant, nountzarism, noununconstitutional, adjectiveunification, noununify, verbunilateral, adjectiveunion, nounUnion Jack, nounvassal, nounVIP, nounviscount, nounviscountess, nounwelfare state, nounWhitehall, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► lord
relating to feudalism: · Additionally, some of the worker's surplus was seized by the feudal lord.· People lived in small communities spread throughout the countryside, under the authority of feudal lords whose land they worked as tenants.· They were also hired as soldiers by feudal lords.· These rich feudal lords were required to spend six months a year in their palaces at Yedo.· He had assumed his lordship like any other feudal lord.· Occasionally a feudal lord reserved a wild patch of forest from destruction for his game hunting.· The feudal lords - who could afford real glass - usually had it set directly into stone or metal.· Once princes and feudal lords who wished to increase the productive wealth of their domains imported craftsmen as a matter of course.
► service· The drawback to feudal service from the count's point of view was its limited duration.· The weakness of feudal service as a basis for recruiting an army was that it was hedged round with difficult restrictions.
► society· In feudal society, a superior status was accorded to the land-owning aristocracy and gentry.· My forebears hardly knew what went on outside their small feudal society.· Medieval, feudal society was rigidly hierarchical, and control of bodies was a central part of social control of the population.· The stability of feudal society had always depended upon a relationship of trust between lords and vassals.· The nobility and the serfs emerged, then, as two of the distinct strata in feudal society.· However, the clergy formed a third stratum in feudal society.· To some extent, the Church was an independent force in feudal society, in competition with the nobility and the king.
► system· Stratification in the feudal system was based on landholding.· Hodgesaargh was a one-man feudal system.· It remained frozen in a feudal system which had decayed but not died with the end of the rubber boom.· A kind of feudal system developed, but this had been present in much of rural Britain throughout the Roman period.
the feudal system feudal society