enfeoff

English Thesaurus

1. put in possession of land in exchange for a pledge of service, in feudal society (verb.possession)

hypernym	:	give,
definition	:	transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody (verb.possession)

derivation	:	enfeoffment,
definition	:	under the feudal system, the deed by which a person was given land in exchange for a pledge of service (noun.communication)

derivation	:	enfeoffment,
definition	:	under the feudal system, the deed by which a person was given land in exchange for a pledge of service (noun.communication)