fiefdom
the estate or domain of a feudal lord.
Informal. anything, as an organization or real estate, owned or controlled by one dominant person or group.
Origin of fiefdom
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How to use fiefdom in a sentence
Power has withered at the center and devolved to an archipelago of fiefdoms where warlords rule without the burdens of governing.
The Curse of CAR: Warlords, Blood Diamonds, and Dead Elephants | Christopher Day | May 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThere was very little neighborly interaction between the separate fiefdoms of Kensington Palace.
Malice in the Palace: Prince George’s Treacherous New Digs | Tina Brown | July 27, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTCould they have done more for their blighted communities than simply build personal fiefdoms and live large?
How Will African-American Clergy React to Obama’s ‘Evolution’ on Same-Sex Marriage? | Mansfield Frazier, Larry Durstin | May 13, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTWhat journalistic epoch does all the warring Web fiefdoms remind you of?
In time, their inefficient and corrupt fiefdoms and monopolies will crumble.
After the Rain | Sam Vaknin
The various oblasts, mini-states and fiefdoms are simply not economically viable on their own.
After the Rain | Sam Vaknin
British Dictionary definitions for fiefdom
/ (ˈfiːfdəm) /
(in feudal Europe) the property owned by a lord
an area over which a person or organization exerts authority or influence
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