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单词 enfeoff
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Definition of enfeoff in English:

enfeoff

verb ɪnˈfiːfɪnˈfɛfɛnˈfɛfɛnˈfiːf
[with object]
  • (under the feudal system) give (someone) freehold property or land in exchange for their pledged service.

    he enfeoffed trustees with the lands
    the enfeoffed knights and overlords
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Roger de Montbegan’s son, John, enfeoffed the second William de Beaumont in land at Whitley.
    • The other group of knights were the ‘enfeoffed’ knights, who after a period of military service were granted land, and then continued to serve or paid rents or rendered other services to the King.
    • Over the next two centuries, knights were enfeoffed with land, becoming more fully involved in landed society and royal administration in the localities.

Derivatives

  • enfeoffment

  • noun ɪnˈfɛfm(ə)ntɪnˈfiːfm(ə)nt
    • It gives an abbreviated form of the story of Shu Yu of Tang's enfeoffment, and he is designated the shrine's subject of worship.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Walter de bath held £10 of land there by enfeoffment of Ralph de Valletorta.
      • The enfeoffment of abbeys differed in form and degree.
      • Regardless of its historical accuracy, the traditional version of the story of enfeoffment gave this northern borderland a legitimate relation with the heart-land of the Zhou dynasty.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French enfeoffer, from Old French en- 'in' + fief 'fief'. Compare with feoffment.

Rhymes

aperitif, beef, belief, brief, chief, fief, grief, interleaf, leaf, Leif, lief, Mazar-e-Sharif, misbelief, motif, naif, O'Keeffe, reef, seif, Sharif, sheaf, shereef, sportif, Tenerife, thief
 
 

Definition of enfeoff in US English:

enfeoff

verb
[with object]
  • (under the feudal system) give (someone) freehold property or land in exchange for their pledged service.

    he enfeoffed trustees with the lands
    the enfeoffed knights and overlords
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Over the next two centuries, knights were enfeoffed with land, becoming more fully involved in landed society and royal administration in the localities.
    • Roger de Montbegan’s son, John, enfeoffed the second William de Beaumont in land at Whitley.
    • The other group of knights were the ‘enfeoffed’ knights, who after a period of military service were granted land, and then continued to serve or paid rents or rendered other services to the King.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French enfeoffer, from Old French en- ‘in’ + fief ‘fief’. Compare with feoffment.

 
 
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