Fief Synonyms

fēf
A piece of land held under the feudal system
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. feoff

Words Related to Fief

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Fief Sentence Examples

  • Each fief was organized like the kingdom.

  • His daughter Marie sold the fief of Coucy to Louis, duke of Orleans, in 1400.

  • The help afforded by Ertoghrul to the Seljukian monarch on a critical occasion led to the addition of Sugut to his fief, with which he was now formally invested.

  • Lothair was crowned emperor at the Lateran in June 1133, and as a further reward Innocent gave him the territories of the Countess Mathilda as a fief, but refused to surrender the right of investiture.

  • In 1810 it was divided by Napoleon between the grand duchy of Berg and France, but was, in 1815, restored to the duke of Arenberg as a fief under Prussian sovereignty.

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