fief
nounEtymology
From Middle French fief, from Old French fief, from Medieval Latin fevum, a variant of feudum (whence also Old French fieu, fied), from Old Frankish *fehu (“cattle, livestock”), from Proto-Germanic *fehu (“cattle, sheep”), from Proto-Indo-European *peku-, *peḱu- (“sheep”). Doublet of fee, feud, and feoff.
Definitions
Land held of a superior, particularly on condition of homage, fealty, and personal…
Land held of a superior, particularly on condition of homage, fealty, and personal service, especially military service.
Synonym of estate
Synonym of estate: any land, when considered as a region over which the owner exercises lordly control.
A territory, a domain, an area over which one exercises lordly control, particularly with…
A territory, a domain, an area over which one exercises lordly control, particularly with regard to corporate or governmental bureaucracies.
The neighborhood
- synonymfee
- neighborenfeoff
- neighborfeoff
- neighborfeoffee
- neighborFief in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
- neighbormanor
- neighborseigniory
- neighbormesnalty
- neighborknight's fee
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at fief. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at fief. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
5 hops · closes at fief
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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