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rerefiefs

rerefiefs is the plural of rerefief.

Meaning of rerefief

Noun

rerefief (plural rerefiefs)

  1. (historical, Scots law) A fief held by an intermediary or subtenant
    • 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 fealty1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    subfief

Questions about rerefiefs

What is rerefiefs the plural of?
Rerefiefs is the plural of rerefief.

Words near rerefiefs in the dictionary

  1. rereferrals
  2. rereferred
  3. rereferring
  4. rerefers
  5. rerefief
  6. rerefiefs
  7. rerefine
  8. rerefined
  9. rerefiner
  10. rerefiners
  11. rerefines

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