fief
US /fif/
・UK /fi:f/
C1
n. (c.)Countable NounLand being owned by lord and rented to peasant
My ancestors received this land in fief from a feudal lord
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Germany's Romantic Rhine and Rothenburg
- To put it into feudal terms, a lord granted a fief--that's land--to a vassal--that's a less powerful lord--in return for fealty or loyalty.
To put it into feudal terms, a lord granted a fief--that's land--to a vassal--that's a less powerful lord--in return for fealty or loyalty.
- A LORD GRANTED A FIEF, THAT'S LAND,
A LORD GRANTED A FIEF, THAT'S LAND,
Feudalism in Europe
- The lord would give a vassal a fief of land in return for service.
The lord would give a vassal a fief of land in return for service.
- The lord would give a vassal a fief of land in return for service.
The lord would give a vassal a fief of land in return for service.
Book 07 - The Hunchback of Notre Dame Audiobook by Victor Hugo (Chs 1-8)
- "You know, Monseigneur Jean, that our Fief of Tirchappe putting the direct taxes and the rents of the nine and twenty houses in a block yields only nine and thirty livres, eleven sous, six deniers, Parisian.
"You know, Monseigneur Jean, that our Fief of Tirchappe putting the direct taxes and the rents of the nine and twenty houses in a block yields only nine and thirty livres, eleven sous, six deniers, Parisian.
- "You know that the official has decided that our twenty-one houses should be moved full into the Fief of the Bishopric,
"You know that the official has decided that our twenty-one houses should be moved full into the Fief of the Bishopric,
Book 01 - The Hunchback of Notre Dame Audiobook by Victor Hugo (Chs 1-6)
- I thought they were the white geese given by Saint-Jean-Vierve to the city for the fief of Rougny!" "Down with the doctors!
I thought they were the white geese given by Saint-Jean-Vierve to the city for the fief of Rougny!" "Down with the doctors!
- by Sainte-Genevieve to the city, for the fief of Roogny."
by Sainte-Genevieve to the city, for the fief of Roogny."
Book 10 - The Hunchback of Notre Dame Audiobook by Victor Hugo (Chs 1-7)
- I have a fief in the Rue Tirechappe, and all the women are in love with me, as true
I have a fief in the Rue Tirechappe, and all the women are in love with me, as true