OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 13439

fief

/fiːf/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
feudo
Land held of a superior, particularly on condition of homage, fealty, and personal service, especially military service.
And be it further ordained and enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That the Right and Title of the said Ecclesiastics of the Seminary of Saint Sulpice of Montreal, in and to all an…
The chief obligation of a sipahi was to take up residence on his fief and to be prepared at all times to rally, armed for battle, to his banner-holder's flag on the sultan's order.…
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