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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Poison Ruïn have always seen more similarities than differences, especially for the people at the bottom of the feudal system.
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Brad Sanders, Pitchfork, 6 Apr. 2026
Some accuse the family of gentrifying the town, or treating it like a kind of feudal society.
—Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 3 Apr. 2026
Because the feudal courts, chivalric codes, and aristocratic patronage that had sustained it were gone.
—Daniel Birnbaum, Artforum, 2 Apr. 2026
After six months of backpacking, Martha was feeling very Taoist, very detached, just a big naked eyeball wandering around, absorbing all the astonishing things there were to see at the frayed edges of a defunct feudal empire.
—Cassandra Neyenesch, New Yorker, 29 Mar. 2026
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Brad Sanders, Pitchfork, 6 Apr. 2026
Some accuse the family of gentrifying the town, or treating it like a kind of feudal society.
—Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 3 Apr. 2026
Because the feudal courts, chivalric codes, and aristocratic patronage that had sustained it were gone.
—Daniel Birnbaum, Artforum, 2 Apr. 2026
After six months of backpacking, Martha was feeling very Taoist, very detached, just a big naked eyeball wandering around, absorbing all the astonishing things there were to see at the frayed edges of a defunct feudal empire.
—Cassandra Neyenesch, New Yorker, 29 Mar. 2026
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“Feudal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/feudal. Accessed 28 Apr. 2026.
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