Rerefief

//ˈɹɪə(ɹ)fiːf// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A fief held by an intermediary or subtenant historical

    "by these means the feodal polity was greatly extended; these inferior feudatories (who held what are called in the Scots law "rerefiefs") being under similar obligations of fealty"

Synonyms

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subfief

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"by these means the feodal polity was greatly extended; these inferior feudatories (who held what are called in the Scots law "rerefiefs") being under similar obligations of fealty"

Etymology

From French arrière-fief. See rear (“hinder”), and fief.

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