As nouns the difference between bailie and fief
is that bailie is a bailiff while fief is an estate held of a superior on condition of military service.
bailie
English
Noun
(
en noun)
(Scotland) A bailiff
Related terms
* bailiff
* bailiwick
fief
English
Noun
(
en noun)
An estate held of a superior on condition of military service.
Something over which one has rights or exercises control.
(metaphor) An area of dominion, especially in a corporate or governmental bureaucracy.
Synonyms
* manor
Derived terms
* fiefdom
* in fief
Related terms
* enfeoff
* fee
* feoff
* feoffee
See also
*
Anagrams
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