ALL meanings of fief
fief
F f - noun fief An estate of land, especially one held on condition of feudal service. 1
- noun fief a fee or feud held of a feudal lord; a tenure of land subject to feudal obligations. 1
- noun fief a territory held in fee. 1
- abbreviation FIEF fiefdom. 1
- noun fief land granted by feudal lord 1
- countable noun fief 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. 0
- noun fief (in feudal Europe) the property or fee granted to a vassal for his maintenance by his lord in return for service 0
- noun fief under feudalism, heritable land held from a lord in return for service 0
- noun fief An estate held of a superior on condition of military service. 0
- noun fief Something over which one has rights or exercises control. 0
- noun fief (metaphor) An area of dominion, especially in a corporate or governmental bureaucracy. 0