fief : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: fief	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for fief
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fief n a piece of land held under the feudal system [syn: fief, feoff]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.