feoff

/fi:f/ Cách viết khác : (feoff) /fef/

Thân thiện

A knight receives a feoff from his lord.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A piece of land held under the feudal system: A "feoff" is a legal term for an estate in land, specifically one granted to a person (a vassal) by a lord in exchange for a pledge of service or loyalty. It represents the land itself that is held in feudal tenure.

Usage

• The term "feoff" is primarily used in historical and legal contexts to describe landholding in medieval Europe. It is an archaic term, largely replaced in modern language by "fief" or "fee."

Examples of Usage

• Noun:
  • The knight received a feoff from the king in return for military service.
  • The document recorded the transfer of the feoff to the new vassal.

Advanced Usage

• "To enfeoff" (verb): The act of granting a feoff to someone. This verb form is directly related.
  • The lord agreed to enfeoff his loyal follower with the manor.

Variants and Related Words

• Fief (noun): The more common modern variant of "feoff," meaning the same thing: an estate of land held on condition of feudal service.
• Fee (noun): In historical legal contexts, "fee" can be synonymous with "feoff," denoting an inheritable estate in land.
• Feoffment (noun): The grant of a feoff; the deed or process by which a feoff is transferred.

Synonyms

• Fiefdom: The territory or sphere of control of a feudal lord.
• Estate: A large area of land owned by someone, though this is a broader, less specific term.
• Manor: The house and land of a lord, often similar in concept to a feoff.

Notes

• "Feoff" is an archaic spelling. The word is pronounced the same as "fief" (/fiːf/). In contemporary discussions of feudalism, "fief" is the standard term.

Học thuật

Noun

1. a piece of land held under the feudal system

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