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feoff
[fef, feef]
verb (used with object)
to invest with a fief or fee; enfeoff.
feoff
/ ´Ú¾±Ë´Ú /
noun
a variant spelling of fief
verb
(tr) to invest with a benefice or fief
Other 51³Ô¹Ï Forms
- feoffor noun
- feoffer noun
- unfeoffed adjective
- ˈ´Ú±ð´Ç´Ú´Ú´Ç°ù noun
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of feoff1
Example Sentences
Feoffee′, the person invested with the fief; Feoff′er, Feoff′or, he who grants the fief; Feoff′ment, the gift of a fief or feoff.
If he did not do this, he would take his feoff from him, and bestow it on another.
Their compensation Each of these officials held what may be called a benefice, or perhaps a feoff.
You are my magic orchard feoff, Where bud and fruit are always ripe.
She was the daughter of the Cacique of Tenepal, who was Lord of the town and province, a feoff of the Mexican Emperor Montezuma Xocoyotzin.
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