fief
Land held of a superior, particularly on condition of homage, fealty, and personal service, especially military service.
Other meanings
any land, when considered as a region over which the owner exercises lordly control.
A territory, a domain, an area over which one exercises lordly control, particularly with regard to corporate or governmental bureaucracies.
Synonyms
- fee
Related words
- fiefdom
- fiefhold
- fiefholder
- fiefholding
- in fief
Word history
From Medieval Latin "fevum".
Where this comes from
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