单词 | arrière-fief |
释义 | arrière-fiefn. 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). < |
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