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- DictionaryFief/fēf/
noun
- 1. an estate of land, especially one held on condition of feudal service. historical
- 2. a person's sphere of operation or control.
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.
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.
Definition of fief noun in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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. 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.
6 days ago · 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.
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]
4 days ago · From Middle French fief, from Old French fief, from Medieval Latin fevum, a variant of feudum (whence also Old French fieu, fied ), from Old Frankish *fehu (“cattle, livestock”), from Proto-Germanic *fehu (“cattle, sheep”), from Proto-Indo-European *peku-, *peḱu- (“sheep”). Doublet of fee and feud . Pronunciation [ edit] IPA ( key): /fiːf/
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.
