单词 | fief |
释义 | fief[ feef ] / fif / nouna fee or feud held of a feudal lord; a tenure of land subject to feudal obligations. a territory held in fee. fiefdom. Origin of fief1605–15; <French, variant of Old French fieu, fie, cognate with Anglo-French fefee <Germanic; compare Old High German fihu,Old English feoh cattle, property; akin to Latin pecū flock of sheep, pecus cattle, pecūnia wealth Words nearby fieffiduciary bond, fiduciary issue, fidus Achates, fie, Fiedler, fief, fiefdom, field, field ambulance, field army, field artillery Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for fiefBritish Dictionary definitions for fieffief feoff/ (fiːf) / noun(in feudal Europe) the property or fee granted to a vassal for his maintenance by his lord in return for service Word Origin for fiefC17: from Old French fie, of Germanic origin; compare Old English fēo cattle, money, Latin pecus cattle, pecūnia money, Greek pokos fleece Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Cultural definitions for fieffief [ (feef) ] Under feudalism, a landed estate given by a lord to a vassal in return for the vassal's service to the lord. The vassal could use the fief as long as he remained loyal to the lord. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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