fief

About 0.46 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun Land held of a superior, particularly on condition of homage, fealty, and personal service, especially military service.
2. noun Synonym of estate: any land, when considered as a region over which the owner exercises lordly control.
3. noun A territory, a domain, an area over which one exercises lordly control, particularly with regard to corporate or governmental bureaucracies.

Similar words

feoff fee estate domain clan stronghold feud fiefhold fiefholding vassal

Often followed by

of to and was in from or by which

Word family

fiefs