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Fiefs are a feature of the medieval feudal system, so as you would expect classical Latin has no such word. In medieval or Low Latin the term is feodum, referring to lands held by various tenants for rent.
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What words rhyme with F and deal with the word fief?
Fief is not a word in English. Perhaps you mean "fife"?
What word means the custom of giving the fief to the eldest surviving son of a vassal?
Surviving fief
How do you put fief in a sentence?
The word fief is descended from the old Anglo-French meaning fee or something that is owed. All who lived in a fiefdom owed duty to the fief holder in the form of taxes and service. There are now two sentences above, each using the word fief.
What was is fief?
The Latin name for the land that was given to the vassal by the king or a lord in the middle Ages (during feudalism).
The Use of the word bound to?
Serfs were bound to the fief and their lord.
What is a word that starts with a F and ends with a F?
fluff, fief
What is the root word of fief?
A black guy saying the wort thief
What does the word Fief mean in the french language?
In French, the word "fief" refers to a feudal estate or property granted by a lord in exchange for services or loyalty. It can also refer to the rights and privileges associated with such a grant.
What would the vassals give to the the lord in exchange for land?
fief or feoff
During the middle ages what was a grant of land from the lord to a vassal called?
land it's just land, because they spoke latin they had a latin name but i don't know what it is
How do you use fief in a sentence?
(A fief, or land held in trust, was given to a lower vassal or serf in the feudal system. The word fee developed from the share, tribute, or rent paid to the lord, hence landlord)"The son inherited his father's fief, and had many serfs who farmed the land.""Under feudalism, a noble could not sell his fief to another."
A piece of land given to vassal by a lord?
A fief.
