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Definition of enfeoff in English: enfeoffverb ɪnˈfiːfɪnˈfɛfɛnˈfɛfɛnˈfiːf [with object](under the feudal system) give (someone) freehold property or land in exchange for their pledged service. he enfeoffed trustees with the lands the enfeoffed knights and overlords Example sentencesExamples - Roger de Montbegans son, John, enfeoffed the second William de Beaumont in land at Whitley.
- The other group of knights were the ‘enfeoffed’ knights, who after a period of military service were granted land, and then continued to serve or paid rents or rendered other services to the King.
- Over the next two centuries, knights were enfeoffed with land, becoming more fully involved in landed society and royal administration in the localities.
Origin Late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French enfeoffer, from Old French en- 'in' + fief 'fief'. Compare with feoffment. Rhymes aperitif, beef, belief, brief, chief, fief, grief, interleaf, leaf, Leif, lief, Mazar-e-Sharif, misbelief, motif, naif, O'Keeffe, reef, seif, Sharif, sheaf, shereef, sportif, Tenerife, thief Definition of enfeoff in US English: enfeoffverb [with object](under the feudal system) give (someone) freehold property or land in exchange for their pledged service. he enfeoffed trustees with the lands the enfeoffed knights and overlords Example sentencesExamples - Over the next two centuries, knights were enfeoffed with land, becoming more fully involved in landed society and royal administration in the localities.
- Roger de Montbegans son, John, enfeoffed the second William de Beaumont in land at Whitley.
- The other group of knights were the ‘enfeoffed’ knights, who after a period of military service were granted land, and then continued to serve or paid rents or rendered other services to the King.
Origin Late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French enfeoffer, from Old French en- ‘in’ + fief ‘fief’. Compare with feoffment. |