fief

Noun

Meaning

An estate held of a superior on condition of military service; a fee; a feud. See under Benefice, n., 2.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

fee feoff manor dominion duchy barony area country land protectorate domain holding branch province satellite
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Antonyms

mountain lack sea city break urban
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Hypernyms

land estate demesne acres landed estate

Phrases with the word

in fief arriere fief mesne fief

Anagrams

fife

Examples

I am the lord of Redmont Fief. He is my tenant. I am his commander. End of story. Ipso facto. Case-o closed-o. John Flanagan

After a short communal phase and a series of pestilences and earthquakes, the city in the 15th century became an Aragonese possession, and was given in fief to the barons of the Tramontano family. Source: Internet

All of these rich territories were held in fief under other more senior feudal lords, particularly under various lines of the Habsburg family, to which many Liechtensteins were close advisors. Source: Internet

As compensation, the German king gave Henry IV the Bohemian County of Kladsko as a fief. Source: Internet

A lord was in broad terms a noble who held land, a vassal was a person who was granted possession of the land by the lord, and the land was known as a fief. Source: Internet

Coronation of Charlemagne Charlemagne's father, Pepin, defended the papacy against the Lombards and issued the Donation of Pepin, which granted the land around Rome to the pope as a fief. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Fiebig Fiedler fiedlerite fiefdom fiefhold fiefholder