Feudalism

Word FEUDALISM
Character 9
Hyphenation feu dal ism
Pronunciations /ˈfju.dəlɪzəm/

Definitions and meanings of "Feudalism"

What do we mean by feudalism?

A political and economic system of Europe from the 9th to about the 15th century, based on the holding of all land in fief or fee and the resulting relation of lord to vassal and characterized by homage, legal and military service of tenants, and forfeiture. noun

A political, economic, or social order resembling this medieval system. noun

The feudal system and its incidents; the system of holding lands by military service. noun

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 king or feudal superior; feudal principles and usages. noun

A social system based on personal ownership of resources and personal fealty between a suzerain (lord) and a vassal (subject). Defining characteristics are direct ownership of resources, personal loyalty, and a hierarchical social structure reinforced by religion. noun

The social system that developed in Europe in the 8th century; vassals were protected by lords who they had to serve in war noun

A social system based on personal ownership of resources and personal fealty between a suzerain (lord) and a vassal (subject). Defining characteristics are direct ownership of resources, personal loyalty, and a hierarchical social structure reinforced by religion.

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The word "feudalism" in example sentences

And when at a later period civil society was gradually organising itself on that hierarchical model which we know as feudalism, the Church, in the persons of its officers, was tending to become not so much the counterpart of the State as an integral part of it. ❋ Unknown (1907)

America has no roots in feudalism, no notion of inherited orders of society, no instinct for deference or regard for nobility. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Put more precisely — for the word feudalism has been used to describe many different forms of social relations — this transition was one from what the French call a 'société d'ordres' and the Germans a 'Standegesellschaft' to the kind of society that became the predominant type in Europe in the nineteenth century and is usually described as capitalist or bourgeois. ❋ Behrens, C.B.A. (1979)

The pressures of Muslim, Magyar, and Viking invasions, combined with the civil wars among Charlemagne's descendants who could do little to halt those invasions, accelerated the disintegration of the Carolingian Empire and hastened the development of what modern students call feudalism and manorialism. ❋ Unknown (2001)

China's first real social crisis after the collapse of feudalism, that is to say, after the fourth or third century B.C., began only in the present century with the collapse of the social order of the gentry and the breakdown of the family system. ❋ Wolfram Eberhard (1949)

However this organization might outwardly resemble what we are accustomed to call feudalism, its structure was rather like that of ancient Egyptian or Peruvian society, -- minus the priestly hierarchy. ❋ Lafcadio Hearn (1877)

-- His leading object is the suppression of feudalism, that is to say, of the great families and old historic authorities. ❋ Hippolyte Taine (1860)

Regarded as a relic of that great institution know as feudalism, M. d'Espard deserved respectful admiration. ❋ Honor�� De Balzac (1824)

This would seem to imply a move toward feudalism, which is probably one likely outcome. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Crushing Of Feudalism A Must For Controlling Terrorism yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'Crushing Of Feudalism A Must For Controlling Terrorism'; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = 'Article: Tribesmen living on Pak-Afghan border want democracy not feudalism, which is the hallmark of Pakistani politics. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Riding beside the Marquess, who swore under his breath at the ravages of the undyked stream and the sight of good arable land run wild and choked with underbrush, the little boy obtained a precocious insight into the evils of a system which had long outlived its purpose, and the idea of feudalism was ever afterward embodied for him in his glimpse of the peasants of Valdu looking up sullenly from their work as their suzerain and protector thrust an unfamiliar painted smile between the curtains of his litter. ❋ Edith Wharton (1899)

I know of few historians who would seriously contend that "feudalism" existed in France in 1789. ❋ Burke's Corner (2009)

The ship actually came into extensive use where, on the one hand, some social system such as feudalism or slavery operated to provide surplus energy enough to make its use feasible and where, on the other, those who would have opposed trade were not possessed of sufficient power to stop it. ❋ Unknown (2009)

He refers to earlier social orders (the seigneurial system and the privileged orders of feudal society); a new social order (liberal democracy, bourgeois economy); large historical structures such as feudalism and capitalism; and a specific category of revolution (bourgeois revolution). ❋ Daniel Little (2009)

Most importantly, this kind of feudalism coupled with monopolism destroys the open commons nature of the internet. ❋ Unknown (2005)

As we have seen, he contrasts systems of hereditary caste, such as feudalism and social systems based on slavery, with the distinctively modern and progressive commitment to equal opportunity for welfare (I 13). ❋ Brink, David (2007)

Early in The Subjection of Women Mill contrasts systems of hereditary caste, such as feudalism and social systems based on slavery, with the distinctively modern and progressive commitment to equal opportunity for welfare. ❋ Brink, David (2007)

As the Magna Charta emerged and evolved, and the United States Constitution was conceived and implemented, "feudalism" and monarchy began to gasp their dying breaths. ❋ Unknown (2006)

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