feudalism : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: feudalism	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for feudalism
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
feudalism n the social system that developed in Europe in the 8th century; vassals were protected by lords who they had to serve in war Synonym(s): feudalism, feudal system
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Feudalism \Feu"dal*ism\, n. [Cf. F. f[82]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.