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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
feudal \feu"dal\ (f[=u]"dal), adjective [F. f['e]odal, or LL. feudalis.]
1. Of or pertaining to feuds, fiefs, or fees; as, feudal rights or services; feudal tenures.
2. Consisting of, or founded upon, feuds or fiefs; embracing tenures by military services; as, the feudal system.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
feudal
adjective: of or relating to or characteristic of feudalism [syn: {feudalistic}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
50 Moby Thesaurus words for "feudal": absolute, absolutist, absolutistic, arbitrary, aristocratic, arrogant, authoritarian, authoritative, autocratic, bossy, client, dependent, despotic, dictatorial, domineering, feodal, feudatory, grinding, high-handed, imperative, imperial, imperious, inferior, liege, lordly, magisterial, magistral, manorial, masterful, monocratic, oppressive, overbearing, overruling, peremptory, praedial, real, repressive, seigneurial, seignioral, servile, severe, strict, subject, subordinate, subservient, suppressive, tributary, tyrannical, tyrannous, vassal
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