feudal

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Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

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Definition

  1. adjective of or relating to or characteristic of feudalism

Etymology

From Old French feodal, from Medieval Latin feodalis, from feodum, feudum, fevum (“fief, fee”), from Frankish *fehu (“cattle, owndom, property, fee”), from Proto-Germanic *fehu (“cattle”). By surface analysis, feud (“estate”) + -al. More at fee.

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Synonyms

feudalistic

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