feudality

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noun

The state or quality of being feudal; feudal form or constitution.

OriginFrench féodalité →
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Meanings

nounfeudality (countable and uncountable, plural feudalities)

plural feudalities

  1. countableuncountableThe state or quality of being feudal; feudal form or constitution.

    This species of feudality is kept up to aggrandize the corporations at the ruin of the towns ; and the effect is visible

    1790 November, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France, and on the Proceedings in Certain Societies in London Relative to that Event. […], London: […] J[ames] Dodsley, […], →OCLC

Origin

  1. Frenchféodalité
  2. Englishfeudality

Compare French féodalité.

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Translations

Finnish feodaalisuus
  • feodaalisuusstate or quality of being feudal
Cite this entry
APA

feudality. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/feudality

MLA

“feudality.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/feudality. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “feudality,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/feudality.

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