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单词 sub-fief
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sub-fiefn.

Brit. /ˈsʌbfiːf/, U.S. /ˈsəbˌfif/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; originally modelled on an Italian lexical item. Etymons: sub- prefix, fief n.
Etymology: < sub- prefix + fief n., originally after Italian suffeudo (1609 or earlier; 1723 in the passage translated in quot. 1729). Compare German Afterlehen (14th cent. in Middle High German). Compare earlier subfeu n.
Feudal Law. Now historical.
A fief which is held from an intermediary instead of the original feoffor; territory held in fee. Chiefly German History: a minor state subject to a more important state rather than directly to the crown. Cf. subfeu n.Chiefly in European contexts. In England the right to hold land under such terms was abolished in 1290 by the statute Quia Emptores; see subinfeudation n. 2.
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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
1729 J. Ogilvie tr. P. Giannone Civil Hist. Kingdom Naples I. x. xi. 487 He compos'd a large Volume, and Marino Freccia, as he says in his Book of Sub-Fiefs [It. Suffeudi], had the Manuscript.
1762 P. Murdoch tr. A. F. Büsching New Syst. Geogr. IV. 533 The villages and farms, which the council of Erfurt held in fief and subfief of the Princely house of Saxony.
1845 S. Austin tr. L. von Ranke Hist. Reformation in Germany III. 515 He consented that Duke Ulrich should take possession of Würtenberg as a sub-fief of Austria.
1865 Victoria Mag. 6 353 If the principal vassal let the fief escheat, the portion given as a sub-fief was irrecoverably lost.
1901 Westm. Gaz. 31 Jan. 3/1 In the German Empire the title of ‘Lord’ is connected mostly with subfiefs such as Rügen.
1951 Jrnl. Mod. Hist. 23 317/1 Besides gifts of money and a pension, he received from Louis the huge feudal principality of Talmont, which had authority over seventeen hundred subfiefs.
2002 Jrnl. Royal Soc. Antiquaries Ireland 132 3 The major sources for sub-infeudation on the sub-fiefs..are the registers and chartularies of religious houses.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

sub-fiefv.

Brit. /ˌsʌbˈfiːf/, U.S. /ˌsəbˈfif/
Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: sub-fief n.
Etymology: < sub-fief n. Compare Middle French, French †soubsfiefver (1583; obsolete after the early 18th cent.). Compare earlier subenfeoff v., subfeu v.
rare.
transitive. To grant (land) as a sub-fief; to subinfeud. Cf. subenfeoff v., subfeu v.
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society > law > transfer of property > types of transfer > [verb (transitive)] > grant as fief > grant by subinfeudation
subinfeudate1669
subfeu1687
subinfeud1772
subenfeoff1831
sub-fief1903
1903 E. MacCulloch Guernsey Folk Lore 61 In process of time they [sc. lands] came to be sub-fieffed by their possessors.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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