feoff

fɛf

Definition

Definition of feoff - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

history

Rare

estate of land held from a lord under feudal law

Rare

The knight received a feoff for loyal service to his lord.

detonate

explode

Verb

tr.

historical land grant

Rare

grant land to someone in medieval England

Rare

The king decided to feoff the land to his loyal knight..

enfeoff

grant

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Origin of feoff

Old French, fief (a grant of land)

Examples of feoff in a sentence

The charter confirmed her feoff in the western manor.
The lord decided to feoff the estate.
He will feoff the land to his son.

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French:fief, concéder, ...
German:Lehen, Land verleihen, ...
Italian:feudo, concedere terre, ...
Spanish:feudo, enfeudar, ...
Portuguese:feudo, investir, ...
Chinese:封地, 授予封地, ...
Japanese:封土, 封土する, ...
Arabic:إقْطاع, مَنَحَ أَرْضًا بِمُقْتَضَى نِظَام إِقْطَاعِي, ...
Hebrew:פְּאוּדָה, לְהַעֲנִיק קַרְקַע, ...
Russian:лен, даровать землю, ...
Ukrainian:лен, дарувати, ...
Hindi:जागीर, भूमि देना, ...
Bengali:ফিয়ফ, ভূমি প্রদান করা, ...
Catalan:feu, atorgar terres, ...
Czech:léno, udělit v léno, ...
Danish:jordlen, overdrage jord, ...
Dutch:leen, land toewijzen, ...
Greek:φέουδο, παραχωρώ γη, ...
Hungarian:hűbérbirtok, adományozni, ...
Khmer:ដីសម្បទានដែលកាន់កាប់ពីម្ចាស់ដីតាមច្បាប់សក្តិភូមិ, ប្រទានដីជាភូតកាល, ...
Korean:봉토, 토지를 하사하다, ...
Persian:تیول, واگذاری زمین, ...
Polish:lenno, nadać ziemię, ...
Portuguese (BR):feudo, investir, ...
Romanian:feudă, a înfeuda, ...
Swedish:förläning, förläna, ...
Thai:ที่ดินศักดินา, มอบที่ดิน, ...
Turkish:tımar, toprak bağışlamak, ...
Vietnamese:thái ấp, ban đất, ...

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