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knight's fee

knight's fee noun: a kind of land tenure requiring military service to the land's chief lord as an obligation to maintain possession.

Noun

knight's fee (plural knights' fees)

  1. (historical) A kind of land tenure requiring military service to the land's chief lord as an obligation to maintain possession.
  2. (historical) The specific amount of land giving rise to such requirements generally, being sometimes a hide or less and sometimes six or more hides.

Forms of knight's fee

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Questions about knight's fee

What does knight's fee mean?
Knight's fee means a kind of land tenure requiring military service to the land's chief lord as an obligation to maintain possession.
What part of speech is knight's fee?
Knight's fee is a noun.
What is the plural of knight's fee?
The plural of knight's fee is knights' fees.

Words near knight's fee in the dictionary

  1. knight of the whip
  2. knight service
  3. Knight Templar
  4. Knight Templars
  5. Knight Templary
  6. knight's fee
  7. knight's pawn
  8. knight's pawns
  9. knight's spur
  10. knight's tour
  11. knight's tours

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