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An example of a fief would be a king giving a knight the northern portion of his empire.
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∙ 8y agoIt is an old English word meaning a baron or lord's sphere of control; it can also mean an estate of land, especially one held on condition of feudal service.
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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 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 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 is a word that starts with a F and ends with a F?
fluff, fief
The Use of the word bound to?
Serfs were bound to the fief and their lord.
What is the root word of fief?
A black guy saying the wort thief
What would the vassals give to the the lord in exchange for land?
fief or feoff
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.
What is another word for Real Estate?
Dealing with all land or property related issues/matters.
Can land be given by the church as a fief?
no it can not fore a fief is the way that a vassel makes money
