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subfeudation

subfeudation is the alternative form of subinfeudation.

Meaning of subinfeudation

Noun

subinfeudation (countable and uncountable, plural subinfeudations)

  1. (UK, obsolete) The practice by which tenants, holding land under the king or other superior lord, carved out new and distinct tenures in their turn by subletting or alienating a part of their lands.

Forms of subfeudation

pluralsubfeudations

Questions about subfeudation

What is subfeudation the alternative form of?
Subfeudation is the alternative form of subinfeudation.

Words near subfeudation in the dictionary

  1. subfertile
  2. subfertilities
  3. subfertility
  4. subferulary
  5. subfeu
  6. subfeudation
  7. subfeudations
  8. subfeudatories
  9. subfeudatory
  10. subfeued
  11. subfeuing

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Adapted from Wiktionary: subfeudation (page history and authors); subinfeudation (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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