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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FIEF, n. [See Fee, Feoff and Feud.]
A fee; a feud; an estate held of a superior on condition of military service.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a piece of land held under the feudal system [syn: fief, feoff]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: French, from Old French — more at fee Date: circa 1611 1. a feudal estate ; fee 2. something over which one has rights or exercises control <a politician's fief> • fiefdom noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a piece of land held under the feudal system or in fee. 2 a person's sphere of operation or control. Etymology: F (as FEE)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Fief Fief, n. [F. fief; of German origin, and the same word as E. fee. See Fee, and cf. Feud, a tief.] (Law) An estate held of a superior on condition of military service; a fee; a feud. See under Benefice, n., 2.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(fiefs) In former times, a fief was a piece of land given to someone by their lord, to whom they had a duty to provide particular services in return. N-COUNT

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Fee, feud.

Moby Thesaurus

copyhold, equitable estate, estate at sufferance, estate for life, estate for years, estate in expectancy, estate in fee, estate in possession, estate tail, fee, fee simple, fee tail, feod, feodum, feud, feudal estate, lease, leasehold, legal estate, paramount estate, particular estate, remainder, reversion, vested estate