verb
- granting a fief or feudal estate to someone in exchange for homage and service
Usage: historical; legal
Examples
- The king was enfeoffing his loyal knights with lands along the border.
- By enfeoffing the baron, the lord secured military support for his campaigns.
- The ceremony involved enfeoffing the vassal with both land and title.
- Medieval records show nobles enfeoffing their followers with estates.
- The practice of enfeoffing created complex networks of feudal obligation.
- Lords were careful about enfeoffing potential rivals with too much territory.