feoffee

American  

[fef-ee, fee-fee] / ˈfɛf i, fiˈfi /

noun

1. a person invested with a fief.

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feoffee British  

/ fɛˈfiː, fiːˈfiː /

noun

1. (in feudal society) a vassal granted a fief by his lord

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Other Word Forms

• feoffeeship noun

Etymology

Origin of feoffee

1275–1325; Middle English feoffe < Anglo-French, past participle of feoffer to feoff; -ee

Example Sentences

There are, at least, a score of similar instances: the ancestral sacrifices seem to refer rather to posterity, whilst those to gods of the land and grain appear more connected with rights as feoffee.

From Ancient China Simplified by Parker, Edward Harper

He was in that year feoffee collector for twelve poor alms-people living in Clement-Dane's Church-Yard; whose pensions I in his absence paid weekly, to his and the parish's great satisfaction.

From William Lilly's History of His Life and Times From the Year 1602 to 1681 by Ashmole, Elias

The common form was a grant “to the feoffee and the heirs of his body,” by which limitation it was sought to prevent alienation from the lineage of the first purchaser.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" by Various

The estate, however, reverted to the crown if the race of the original feoffee became extinct, and in cases, also, of felony and treason.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 05 (From Charlemagne to Frederick Barbarossa) by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)

After the death of the feoffee the grant reverted to the State; and the governor thereupon disposed of it anew.

From The Former Philippines thru Foreign Eyes by Craig, Austin