pre-feudal
adjective history specialized uk/ˌpriːˈfjuː.dəl/ us/ˌpriːˈfjuː.dəl/
封建制度之前的
relating to a time before a feudal system existed (= a social system of Western Europe in the Middles Ages or of any society that is organized according to rank)
The study touches on a longer history going back to pre-feudal times. 该研究触及了一段可以追溯到封建前时代的悠久历史。
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- The place names of Upper and Lower Swaledale imply that the sequence of pre-feudal settlements was patterned and orderly.
- This prevailed in the kinship system of pre-feudal societies.
- The book concentrates mainly on those topics which concern pre-capitalist and pre-feudal societies.