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1. : a feudal estate : fee. 2. : something over which one has rights or exercises control. a politician's fief. Did you know? In European feudalism, a fief was a source of income granted to a person (called a vassal) by his lord in exchange for his services.
A fief (/ f iː f /; Latin: feudum) was a central element in medieval contracts based on feudal law. It consisted of a form of property holding or other rights granted by an overlord to a vassal, who held it in fealty or "in fee" in return for a form of feudal allegiance, services or payments.
Fief definition: a fee or feud held of a feudal lord; a tenure of land subject to feudal obligations.. See examples of FIEF used in a sentence.
May 25, 2024 · fief, in European feudal society, a vassal’s source of income, held from his lord in exchange for services. The fief constituted the central institution of feudal society.
noun. 1. a fee or feud held of a feudal lord; a tenure of land subject to feudal obligations. 2. a territory held in fee. 3. fiefdom.
fief. Under the feudal system, a fief was a piece of land. This is short for fiefdom. Words that go along with fief are vassal and feudal lord; the lord (kind of like our landlords) owned the fief and the vassal was subject to all of his rules.
Jun 2, 2024 · Fief: m[asculine] A Fief. A fee, a Mannor, or inheritance held by homage, and fealty; and given at the firſt, in truſt, and upon promiſe of aſſiſtance, or ſervice in the wars: […] Alſo, a Tenure, or Eſtate in fief, or in fee.
1. a fee or feud held of a feudal lord; a tenure of land subject to feudal obligations. 2. a territory held in fee. 3. fiefdom (def. 2). [1605–15; < French, variant of Old French fieu, fie, c. Anglo-French fe fee < Germanic]
Definition of fief noun in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Fief Definition. Under feudalism, heritable land held from a lord in return for service. Something over which one has rights or exercises control. (metaph) An area of dominion, especially in a corporate or governmental bureaucracy.
