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| The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. 2002. |
| fief |
| (FEEF) Under feudalism, a landed estate given by a lord to a vassal in return for the vassal’s service to the lord. The vassal could use the fief as long as he remained loyal to the lord. | 1 |
| The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. Edited by E.D. Hirsch, Jr., Joseph F. Kett, and James Trefil. Copyright © 2002 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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