Middle Ages I

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  1. 3. (adjective) 1. of, described in, or based on legends. 2. remarkable enough to be famous; very well known.
  2. 8. the act of making amends or reparation for guilt or wrongdoing; atonement.
  3. 10. (verb) describe the distinctive nature or features of.
  4. 11. (noun) the authority to represent someone else, especially in voting.
  5. 12. (noun) the metal coverings formerly worn by soldiers or warriors to protect the body in battle.
  6. 14. (verb) formally declare one's abandonment of (a claim, right, or possession).
  7. 15. (noun) an agricultural laborer bound under the feudal system to work on his lord's estate.
  8. 17. (noun) the dominant social system in medieval Europe, in which the nobility held lands from the Crown in exchange for military service, and vassals were in turn tenants of the nobles, while the peasants (villeins or serfs) were obliged to live on their lord's land and give him homage, labor, and a share of the produce, notionally in exchange for military protection.
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  1. 1. (noun) the medieval knightly system with its religious, moral, and social code.
  2. 2. (verb) 1. be entitled or appointed to act or speak for (someone), especially in an official capacity. 2. constitute; amount to. 3. depict (a particular subject) in a picture or other work of art.
  3. 4. (noun) a person who occupies land or property rented from a landlord.
  4. 5. (noun) a large country house with lands; the principal house of a landed estate.
  5. 6. (noun) the system by which coats of arms and other armorial bearings are devised, described, and regulated.
  6. 7. (noun) an inner feeling or voice viewed as acting as a guide to the rightness or wrongness of one's behavior.
  7. 9. (noun) a holder of land by feudal tenure on conditions of homage and allegiance.
  8. 13. (adjective) 1. needing no outside help in satisfying one's basic needs, especially with regard to the production of food. 2. emotionally and intellectually independent.
  9. 16. (noun) (in the UK) the highest legislature, consisting of the sovereign, the House of Lords, and the House of Commons, a legislature similar to parliament in other nations and states.