fiefn.

Brit.

/fiːf/, U.S.

/fif/

Forms: 1600s feif, 1600s–1800s feof(f, 1600s– fief.

Etymology: First in 17th cent.; < French fief : see fee n.²

a. = fee n.² 1 male fief, fief masculine: one that could be held by males only.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > a legal holding > [noun] > a feudal holding or fief

feec1330

feoffmentc1330

servicec1390

fief1611

feud1614

feudatoryc1660

benefice1753

fee-estate1775

feu1791

feudality1800

fiefdom1814

seigneury1903

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Fief, a Fief; a (Knights) fee; a Mannor, or inheritance held by homage.

a1613 T. Overbury Obseruations Xvii. Prouinces (1626) 16 They pawned all their Feifs to the Church.

1671 F. Philipps Regale Necessarium 419 An Estate in Tayl or Fief Masculine.

1749 T. Nugent Grand Tour II. 74 'Tis he only that can give away the great fiefs of the empire.

1820 W. Scott Monastery I. iv. 131 A male fief.

1838 T. Arnold Hist. Rome (1846) I. xiv. 267 Proprietors who received their land as an hereditary fief.

1868 H. H. Milman Ann. St. Paul's Cathedral 43 The cession of the kingdom as a fief of the Holy See.

figurative and in extended use.1686 J. Dryden To Pious Memory A. Killigrew vi, in A. Killigrew Poems sig. a4 To the next Realm she stretcht her Sway..And the whole Fief, in right of Poetry she claim'd.18.. W. Sawyer New Year Numbers xii Not of thy strength nor cunning didst thou come, Into the fief and heritage of life.1873 J. A. Symonds Stud. Greek Poets i. 27 The cities of Greece became the fiefs of foreign despots.

b. in fief = in fee at fee n.² 1b.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > [phrase] > in freehold or absolute possession

(as) in or of feec1330

in fee-simple1463

in fief1728

1728 J. Morgan Compl. Hist. Algiers I. v. 313 The knights hold the said Islands in Feof from the king of Sicily.

1821 Ld. Byron Marino Faliero (2nd issue) v. i. 153 In fief perpetual to myself and heirs.

1871 B. Taylor tr. J. W. von Goethe Faust II. Introd. p. xiii Faust receives the sea-shore in feoff forever.

Compounds

fief-holder n. one who holds a fief from a superior.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > one who has tenure > [noun] > by freehold > types of

franklin1297

feoffor1426

frank-tenementary1488

liferenter1535

feoffee1542

purlieu man1573

charterer?1592

fiar1597

swaina1610

life tenant1623

life holder1776

fief-holder1864

common holder1987

1864 J. F. Kirk Hist. Charles the Bold (U.S. ed.) II. iv. iii. 419 The fief holders of France..were still more assiduous in the cultivation of martial exercises.

1882 P. Schaff et al. Relig. Encycl. I. 484 The power of the feudal lords or fief-holders increased.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	fief
释义	fiefn. Brit. /fiːf/, U.S. /fif/ Forms: 1600s feif, 1600s–1800s feof(f, 1600s– fief. Etymology: First in 17th cent.; < French fief : see fee n.² a. = fee n.² 1 male fief, fief masculine: one that could be held by males only. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > a legal holding > [noun] > a feudal holding or fief feec1330 feoffmentc1330 servicec1390 fief1611 feud1614 feudatoryc1660 benefice1753 fee-estate1775 feu1791 feudality1800 fiefdom1814 seigneury1903 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Fief, a Fief; a (Knights) fee; a Mannor, or inheritance held by homage. a1613 T. Overbury Obseruations Xvii. Prouinces (1626) 16 They pawned all their Feifs to the Church. 1671 F. Philipps Regale Necessarium 419 An Estate in Tayl or Fief Masculine. 1749 T. Nugent Grand Tour II. 74 'Tis he only that can give away the great fiefs of the empire. 1820 W. Scott Monastery I. iv. 131 A male fief. 1838 T. Arnold Hist. Rome (1846) I. xiv. 267 Proprietors who received their land as an hereditary fief. 1868 H. H. Milman Ann. St. Paul's Cathedral 43 The cession of the kingdom as a fief of the Holy See. figurative and in extended use.1686 J. Dryden To Pious Memory A. Killigrew vi, in A. Killigrew Poems sig. a4 To the next Realm she stretcht her Sway..And the whole Fief, in right of Poetry she claim'd.18.. W. Sawyer New Year Numbers xii Not of thy strength nor cunning didst thou come, Into the fief and heritage of life.1873 J. A. Symonds Stud. Greek Poets i. 27 The cities of Greece became the fiefs of foreign despots. b. in fief = in fee at fee n.² 1b. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > [phrase] > in freehold or absolute possession (as) in or of feec1330 in fee-simple1463 in fief1728 1728 J. Morgan Compl. Hist. Algiers I. v. 313 The knights hold the said Islands in Feof from the king of Sicily. 1821 Ld. Byron Marino Faliero (2nd issue) v. i. 153 In fief perpetual to myself and heirs. 1871 B. Taylor tr. J. W. von Goethe Faust II. Introd. p. xiii Faust receives the sea-shore in feoff forever. Compounds fief-holder n. one who holds a fief from a superior. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > one who has tenure > [noun] > by freehold > types of franklin1297 feoffor1426 frank-tenementary1488 liferenter1535 feoffee1542 purlieu man1573 charterer?1592 fiar1597 swaina1610 life tenant1623 life holder1776 fief-holder1864 common holder1987 1864 J. F. Kirk Hist. Charles the Bold (U.S. ed.) II. iv. iii. 419 The fief holders of France..were still more assiduous in the cultivation of martial exercises. 1882 P. Schaff et al. Relig. Encycl. I. 484 The power of the feudal lords or fief-holders increased. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † fiefv. Etymology: < fief n. Compare feoff v. Obsolete. transitive. To grant as a fief. Also to fief out. ΘΚΠ society > law > transfer of property > types of transfer > [verb (transitive)] > grant as fief feoffc1290 feu1717 fief1792 1792 A. Young Trav. France 327 The seigneurs, who possess the same rights, sell and fief them at a still cheaper rate. 1792 A. Young Trav. France 394 Seigneurs, who will not sell, but only fief out these wastes. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1611v.1792
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fiefn.

Compounds

† fiefv.