fief

Fetched 2026-10-26 (cache).

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|law|historical}} [[land|Land]] [[held]] of a [[superior#Noun|superior]], [[particularly]] [[on condition]] of [[homage]], [[fealty]], and [[personal]] [[service]], [[especially]] [[military service]].
2. {{lb|en|figurative}} {{synonym of|en|estate}}: [[any]] [[land]], when [[consider]]ed as a [[region]] over which the [[owner]] [[exercise]]s [[lordly]] [[control]].
3. {{lb|en|figurative}} A [[territory]], a [[domain]], an [[area]] over which [[one]] [[exercise]]s [[lordly]] [[control]], [[particularly]] [[with regard to]] [[corporate#Adjective|corporate]] or [[governmental]] [[bureaucracies]].

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