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/ˈɹɪə(ɹ)fiːf/ · noun
(Scots law, historical) 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
Use rerefief when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Rerefief means (Scots law, historical) A fief held by an intermediary or subtenant.
Common synonyms include subfief.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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
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