feoff
[ fef, feef ]
verb (used with object)
to invest with a fief or fee; enfeoff.
Origin of feoff
1Other words from feoff
- feoffor, feoffer, noun
- un·feoffed, adjective
Words Nearby feoff
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How to use feoff in a sentence
Each lord, clerical or secular, had the right of raising this tax within his own feoff.
The History of Chivalry | G. P. R. JamesYou are my magic orchard feoff, Where bud and fruit are always ripe.
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British Dictionary definitions for feoff
feoff
/ (fiːf) medieval history /
noun
a variant spelling of fief
verb
(tr) to invest with a benefice or fief
Origin of feoff
1C13: from Anglo-French feoffer, from feoff a fief
Derived forms of feoff
- feoffor or feoffer, noun
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