Home › Words › A › afterlehenafterlehenafterlehen · noun — A medieval fief, which a liege lord received then subsequently enfeoffed wholly or partially to a vassal or vassals.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).EtymologyFrom German Afterlehen, from after- (“after, later”) + Lehen (“fief”).nounA medieval fief, which a liege lord received then subsequently enfeoffed wholly or partially to a vassal or vassals.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.rerefief 63% match — A fief held by an intermediary or subtenant vs afterlehen →fiefhold 61% match — A fief (that is held). vs afterlehen →enfeoffed 59% match — Belonging to a vassal under a feudal system, typically in exchange for fealty. vs afterlehen →subfeu 58% match — A feu sublet by a vassal to a subvassal: a right to hold subinfeudated land in perpetuity in exchange for rent. vs afterlehen →enfeoff 58% match — To transfer a fief to, to endow with a fief; to put (a person) in legal possession of a freehold interest. vs afterlehen →feud 57% match — A state of long-standing mutual hostility. vs afterlehen →fiefholder 57% match — The holder of a fief. vs afterlehen →letten 55% match — Let; demised, leased. vs afterlehen →