feud² or feod /fūd/

A fief or land held on condition of service

feudˈal or feodˈal adjective

1. Relating to feuds or fiefs
2. Relating to or typical of feudalism

feudˈalism noun

1. The feudal system, a system of social organization prevalent in W Europe in the Middle Ages, in which powerful land-owning lords granted degrees of privilege and protection to lesser subjects holding a range of positions within a rigid social hierarchy
2. A class-conscious social or political system resembling the medieval feudal system

feudˈalist noun

feudalisˈtic adjective

feudalˈity noun

1. The state of being feudal
2. The feudal system

feudalīzāˈtion or feudalīsāˈtion noun

• parish clerk
• parish clerks
• parish council
• parish councillor
• parish councillors
• parish councils
• parishen
• parishens
• parishes
• parishioner
• parishioners
• parish minister
• parish ministers
• parish priest
• parish pump
• parish-pump
• parish pumps
• parish register
• parish registers
• parish top
• parish tops
• Parisian
• Parisienne
• parison
• parisons