Noun
An estate held of a superior on condition of military service; a fee; a feud. See under Benefice, n., 2.
Source: Webster's dictionaryI 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