feudal
Example Sentences
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She urged the government to "honour that commitment it made to leaseholders" to "end the feudal leasehold system".
From BBC
Ample opportunity exists for anybody to advance in this feudal system, provided that person can impress the right nobility.
From Salon
Developed by British studio Creative Assembly, Total War has sold more than 35 million copies since its launch 25 years ago, with instalments set in ancient Rome, feudal Japan and ancient Egypt.
From BBC
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.
By the accession of Leopold II in 1790, an empire based on a “feudal hierarchy of status” found itself in the age of Romantic nationalism, democracy and “enlightened ridicule.”
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
