(n.) The person to whom a feoffment is made; the person enfeoffed.
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Fief
Definition:
(n.) An estate held of a superior on condition of military service; a fee; a feud. See under Benefice, n., 2.
Example Sentences:
(1) Lieutenant-Colonel Stuart Tootal has sent his men into remote valleys in north Helmand, previously the undisputed fief of drug dealers and the Taliban.
(2) In Sri Lanka, the son of the president, Mahinda Rajapaksa, himself the son of a prominent politician, has won a seat in the family fief of Hambantota and significant numbers of family members fill posts across the country's administration.