rerefief

/ˈɹɪə(ɹ)fiːf/

Etymology

From French arrière-fief. See rear (“hinder”), and fief.

rerefief means A fief held by an intermediary or subtenant. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 88 out of 100.

rerefief is pronounced /ˈɹɪə(ɹ)fiːf/.

noun

A fief held by an intermediary or subtenant“by these means the feodal polity was greatly extended; these inferior feudatories (who held what are called in the Scots law "rerefiefs") being under similar obligations of fealty”