feudal

adjective

feu·dal | \ ˈfyü-dᵊl

Definition of feudal

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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First published in 1962, The Letter for the King is a medieval adventure novel set in a fantasy feudal world of three kingdoms, two of which are threatened by the third. — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, "Netflix to Adapt Dutch Kids Book 'The Letter for the King' as Original Series," 12 July 2018 This premodern craving for a world in which everyone and everything has a place surfaces time and again, in the royal nuptials, in feudal fiction, even in the gilded carriage denied Trump. — Heather Souvaine Horn, The New Republic, "Donald Trump, Meghan Markle, and America’s enduring obsession with the British royals," 12 July 2018 The park itself loses its borders; animals and people cross in and out of parallel parks based on colonial India and feudal Japan. — Josephine Livingstone, The New Republic, "Puzzled by Westworld? Look to Shakespeare.," 26 June 2018 One of these counties was Barcelona, which became a strong political ward despite its feudal dependence on the Central European emperor. — Kate Keller, Smithsonian, "Beyond the Headlines, Catalan Culture Has a Long History of Vibrancy and Staying Power," 25 June 2018 Speaking from his austere office at an otherwise lavish 18th-century feudal palace once used by legendary diplomat Prince Metternich, Mr. Kurz brushed aside the criticism. — Bojan Pancevski, WSJ, "Austrian Leader’s Blueprint for Europe’s Establishment: Move to the Right," 25 May 2018 Mr Abe comes from Yamaguchi, known in feudal times as Choshu. — The Economist, "Why modern Japan’s founding moment still divides a nation," 11 Jan. 2018 Her book spans four generations of the Sadrs, from the great-grandfather Montazemolmolk, a feudal landowner in Mazandaran, to his daughter Nour, to Nour’s six sons, among them Darius, the father of Kimia, the narrator. — Dalia Sofer, New York Times, "A Persian Turned Parisian Insists: I’m Not an Immigrant, I’m an Exile," 8 June 2018 The country’s lack of a feudal past meant there were no other overarching ideas about how to organize society, achieve self-governance, or define the relationship between the state and the economy. — Julia Azari, Vox, "Do Americans avoid ideology?," 1 June 2018

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