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Meaning of knight's fee | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

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

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

knight's pawn knight's spur knight's tour knightage Knightdale knightdom

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