läänitys — meaning in English

English meaning

• fief noun Historically, land granted by a lord to a vassal in exchange for loyalty and service.
• manor noun A large landed estate, or the main house on it.
• tenure noun The period of time someone holds a job, office, or position.

Senses

läänitys is used for these senses in English:

• enfeoffment (law, common law) The property or estate so transferred.
• fief (figurative) A territory, a domain, an area over which one exercises lordly control, particularly with regard to corporate or governmental bureaucracies.
• fiefdom (historical) The estate controlled by a feudal lord.
• manor A district over which a feudal lord could exercise certain rights and privileges in medieval western Europe.
• tenure A right to hold land under the feudal system.

fief — full definition

1. noun Historically, land granted by a lord to a vassal in exchange for loyalty and service.
2. noun Any area or organization that one person controls as if it were their private domain.

manor — full definition

1. noun A large landed estate, or the main house on it.
2. noun (British, informal) One's home neighbourhood or area, especially the territory a police officer or criminal operates in.

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