fief

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Synonyms 1.2.2 Related terms 1.3 See also 1.4 Anagrams

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iːf

[edit] Noun

fief (plural fiefs)

1. An estate held of a superior on condition of military service.
2. Something over which one has rights or exercises control.
3. (metaphor) An area of dominion, esp. in a corporate or governmental bureaucracy.

[edit] Synonyms

• manor

[edit] Related terms

• fiefdom

[edit] See also

• Fief in the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.

[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of effi
• fife, Fife