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6 total sentences available.
In early Zhou times, the charater guo, which in modern Chinese means "state," "nation," or "country," not only denoted an enfeoffed territory but also meant the walled city where the seat of the head of the fief resided.seat of the head of the fief resided.
Source: wiktionary
He, too, was a knight, possessing quit-rents, a mill, and some woodland; his brothers held their share of an enfeoffed inheritance from him, according to the system of inheritance which was practised among the nobility; his wife was 'Dame Mary, the steward's lady'.
Source: wiktionary
This is an understanding unique from that of all other major commentators, who argued that it referred to an official in charge of supervising the boundary of an enfeoffed land.
Source: wiktionary
Here, the disrespect shown the Son of Heaven by one or more enfeoffed lords is evident.
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Closest matches include blessed with, endowed, holding, landed, landholding.
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