See Also: feudal(1)(dictionary)
feudal(2)(dictionary)
feudal(dictionary)
FEUDAL(law)
CONQUEST, feudal law(law)
SERVICE, feudal law(law)
VASSAL, feudal law(law)
feudal land tenure(encyclopedia)
BREVE TESTATUM, feudal law(law)

localism (iou) and FEUDAL (law)


localism (iou)



localism noun. E19.
[from LOCAL adjective + -ISM.]
Something characteristic of a particular locality; a local idiom, custom, etc. E19.
Scientific American Some of the varieties of speech are mere localisms.
Attachment to a locality, esp. to the place in which one lives; limitation of ideas, sympathies, and interests arising out of such attachment; preference for what is local; an instance of this state of mind. M19.
C. Lasch The will to build a better society.., along with traditions of localism, Self-Help, and community action.

FEUDAL (law)


FEUDAL. A term applied to whatever concerned a feud; as feudal law: feudal rights. rights.