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Bailie vs Fief - What's the difference?

bailie | fief |

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
  • 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

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