请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 arrière-fief
释义

arrière-fiefn.

Brit. /ˌarɪɛːˈfiːf/, U.S. /ˌɑriɛrˈfif/
Forms: 1700s– arriere-fief, 1800s– arrière-fief.
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French arrière fief.
Etymology: < French arrière fief (13th cent. in Old French as arriere fief ; now hist.) < arriere behind (see arrear adv.) + fief fief n. Compare earlier arrière fee n. and later rere-fief n.
Feudal Law. Now historical.
A fief which is held from an intermediary rather than the original feoffor, a sub-fief. Cf. rere-fief n.
ΘΚΠ
society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > a legal holding > [noun] > a feudal holding or fief > subfief
under-fee1594
arrière fee1615
subfeu1681
arrière-fief1716
subinfeudation1725
sub-fief1729
rere-fief1761
1716 J. Digby tr. A. de Wicquefort Embassador & his Functions i. 40/2 The Emperor consider'd this Republick [sc. Genoa]..as an Arriere Fief [Fr. arrieré fief] of the Dutchy of Milan.
1772 T. Nugent tr. P. J. Grosley Tour to London I. 15 A noble fund, part of which the incumbent or proprietor might give as an arriere-fief [Fr. arrieré fief].
1818 H. Hallam View Europe Middle Ages I. ii. 149 The Châtelains belonged to the order of Vavassors, as they held only arriere fiefs.
1863 Dublin Univ. Mag. Sept. 249/1 The Normans held Brittany as an arrière-fief.
1947 Speculum 22 145 Caesarea was an arrière fief dependent on Sidon.
1986 Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 130 79/2 Calling upon the holders of fiefs and arrière fiefs to perform the obligatory military service.
2000 C. M. Coates Metamorph. Landscape & Community in Early Quebec ii. 15 The Jesuits' agent sold businessman Thomas Coffin an arrière-fief..in Batiscan.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
<
n.1716
随便看

 

英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2025/2/24 12:18:08