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enfeoff

/ɪnˈfɛf/

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verb

/ɪnˈfɛf/formallegalobsolete
  • ruИсторический юридический глагол, означающий передать кому-либо феод или феодальное поместье; наделить правом свободного владения землёй.

A historical legal verb meaning to give someone a fief or feudal estate; to invest with a freehold interest in land.

  1. Grant land in feudal tenureC2formalbritish

    To invest someone with a freehold estate in land in exchange for a pledge of service or loyalty, as practiced in feudal society.

    ruЖаловать феод

    • The king enfeoffed his loyal knight with vast estates in the north.
    • Under feudal law, the lord would enfeoff a vassal with land in return for military service.
    • The ceremony was held to formally enfeoff the baron with the manor.

    Synonymsconveyfeoffgrantinvest

    Antonymsdispossessdivest

Forms
  • enfeoffed past participle
  • enfeoffed past simple
  • enfeoffing present participle
  • enfeoffs third person singular