| 单词 | knightly fee |
| 释义 | > as lemmasknightly fee 3. Of things, actions, etc.: Of, belonging to, suitable, or appropriate to a knight. †knightly fee = knight's fee n. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > knight > [adjective] > belonging to a knight knightlyc1480 society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > a legal holding > [noun] > a feudal holding or fief > held by military service > held by knight knight's fee1387 knightly feea1640 c1480 (a1400) St. George 386 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 187 His knychtly clething..he gef away for godis sak. a1505 R. Henryson Test. Cresseid 519 in Poems (1981) 128 For knichtlie pietie and memoriall Of fair Cresseid. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. i. sig. A3 As one for knightly giusts and fierce encounters fitt. a1640 T. Risdon Chorogr. Surv. Devon (1811) (modernized text) §334 346 William Fitz-Morice held Haginton by one knightly fee. 1700 J. Dryden tr. G. Boccaccio Theodore & Honoria in Fables 271 Preferr'd above the rest By him with Knightly Deeds. 1834 L. Ritchie Wanderings by Seine 55 The use of the knightly sword or lance. < as lemmas |
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