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feudal

[fyood-l] / ˈfyud l /


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She urged the government to "honour that commitment it made to leaseholders" to "end the feudal leasehold system".

From BBC • Jan. 21, 2026

Ample opportunity exists for anybody to advance in this feudal system, provided that person can impress the right nobility.

From Salon • Jan. 17, 2026

The 19th century gave us Mark Twain’s “A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court,” about an American who finds himself in feudal England.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 29, 2025

Every spring, Ellison throws a cherry blossom festival party for his friends at his Japanese-style feudal estate in Woodside, Calif.

From Barron's • Oct. 10, 2025

In feudal times an ineptness with sword and spear headed a young man for the church: in the Hamilton family Joe’s inability properly to function at farm and forge headed him for a higher education.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck




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