feudality

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: feu=dal=i=ty

CIDE DICTIONARY

feudality, n. [Cf. F. féodalité.].

 The state or quality of being feudal; feudal form or constitution.  Burke.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

feudality, n. (pl. -ies)
1 the feudal system or its principles.
2 a feudal holding, a fief.

Etymology

F f{eacute}odalit{eacute} f. f{eacute}odal (as FEUDAL)

ROGET THESAURUS

feudality

Subjection

N subjection, dependence, dependency, subordination, thrall, thralldom, thraldom, enthrallment, subjugation, bondage, serfdom, feudalism, feudality, vassalage, villenage, slavery, enslavement, involuntary servitude, conquest, service, servitude, servitorship, tendence, employ, tutelage, clientship, liability, constraint, oppression, yoke, submission, obedience, subject, dependent, subordinate, feudal, feudatory, in subjection to, under control, in leading strings, in harness, subjected, enslaved, constrained, downtrodden, overborne, overwhelmed, under the lash, on the hip, led by the nose, henpecked, the puppet of, the sport of, the plaything of, under one's orders, under one's command, under one's thumb, a slave to, at the mercy of, in the power of, in the hands of, in the clutches of, at the feet of, at one's beck and call, liable, parasitical, stipendiary, under, slaves - in a land of light and law.