1
: of, relating to, or suggestive of feudalism
feudal law
a feudal lord
2
: of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a medieval fee (see fee entry 1 sense 1)
feudal rights and services
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Samurai swords’ production peaked during the 15th century, which was filled with feudal wars and political turbulence.
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Akiko Katayama, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025
As a famous American agriculturalist abroad in the 1920s, C. F. Seabrook garnered invitations to weekend parties at immense feudal estates in England that had been in the same family for five hundred years.
—John Seabrook
june 11, Literary Hub, 11 June 2025
John Wick’s version of reality has its own currency (golden coins) and housing system (an intercontinental chain of hotels), as well as a set of laws that mix Samurai-like honor with feudal justice.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 10 June 2025
Her character in the show, set in feudal Japan, is the highest-ranking courtesan in Izu, who is skilled in ways known only to the select few men who can afford her.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 29 May 2025
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Akiko Katayama, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025
As a famous American agriculturalist abroad in the 1920s, C. F. Seabrook garnered invitations to weekend parties at immense feudal estates in England that had been in the same family for five hundred years.
—John Seabrook
june 11, Literary Hub, 11 June 2025
John Wick’s version of reality has its own currency (golden coins) and housing system (an intercontinental chain of hotels), as well as a set of laws that mix Samurai-like honor with feudal justice.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 10 June 2025
Her character in the show, set in feudal Japan, is the highest-ranking courtesan in Izu, who is skilled in ways known only to the select few men who can afford her.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 29 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for feudal
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“Feudal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/feudal. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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