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Definition of 'fief' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) fief
a fee or feud held of a feudal lord; a tenure of land subject to feudal obligations.

2.  fief
a territory held in fee.

Etymology:  (1605–15; < F, var. of OF fieu, fie, c. AF fefee< Gmc)

Definition of 'fief' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) fief, feoff
a piece of land held under the feudal system


Definition of 'fief' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) fief
an estate held of a superior on condition of military service; a fee; a feud. See under Benefice, n., 2



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