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fief

/feef/US // fif //UK // (fiːf) //

藩篱,藩国,藩属国,藩属

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a fee or feud held of a feudal lord; a tenure of land subject to feudal obligations.
    • : a territory held in fee.
    • : fiefdom.

Examples

  • If your daughter insists upon refusing to select from among my men, and marries Eucher, the fief reverts to me.

  • "No fief can remain in the possession of a woman," was the sententious utterance of the bailiff.

  • This serf, who belonged to the abbey of St. Vincent, a fief of the bishopric, was named Thiegaud.

  • This is a fief, of which a like succession of proprietors would render nobility difficult to support.

  • At Vaucouleurs she was heard to say that the Dauphin held the kingdom in fief (en commende).