verb
- investing someone with a fief or fee; putting someone in possession of a feudal holding or property
Usage: archaic; legal history; chiefly British
Examples
- The lord was feoffing his eldest son with the family estate.
- Medieval documents record the king feoffing nobles with lands in exchange for military service.
- The practice of feoffing created a complex web of feudal obligations.
- By feoffing the bishop with the manor, the duke secured the Church's support.
- Feoffing was a formal ceremony that transferred both property and social status.