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subinfeudation

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(sub′in fyo̅o̅ dā′shən)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
sub•in•feu•da•tion  (sub′in fyo̅o̅ dā′shən),USA pronunciation n. [Feudal Law.]
  1. Lawthe granting of a portion of an estate by a feudal tenant to a subtenant, held from the tenant on terms similar to those of the grant to the tenant.
  2. Lawthe tenure established.
  3. Lawthe estate or fief so created.
  • Medieval Latin infeudātiōn-, stem of infeudātiō (see in-2, feud2, -ation)
  • sub- + infeudation enfeoffment 1720–30

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