What does fiefdom mean?

Definitions for fiefdom
ˈfif dəmfief·dom

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. fiefdomnoun

    the domain controlled by a feudal lord

  2. fiefdomnoun

    an organization that is controlled by a dominant person or group

Wiktionary

  1. fiefdomnoun

    The estate controlled by a feudal lord; a fief.

    The duke's fiefdom had been greatly expanded as a reward for his dutiful military service on behalf of the king.

  2. fiefdomnoun

    Any organization in the control of a dominant individual. Primarily used with a critical or pejorative connotation.

    Most of our company's computers are standardized, but the IT director allows the employees in his own little fiefdom to specify their own machines.

Wikipedia

  1. fiefdom

    A fief (; Latin: feudum) was a central element in medieval contracts based on feudal law. It consisted of a form of property holding or other rights granted by an overlord to a vassal, who held it in fealty or "in fee" in return for a form of feudal allegiance, services and/or payments. The fees were often lands, land revenue or revenue-producing real property like a watermill, held in feudal land tenure: these are typically known as fiefs or fiefdoms. However, not only land but anything of value could be held in fee, including governmental office, rights of exploitation such as hunting, fishing or felling trees, monopolies in trade, money rents and tax farms. There never did exist one feudal system, nor did there exist one type of fief. Over the ages, depending on the region, there was a broad variety of customs using the same basic legal principles in many variations.

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  1. fiefdom

    A fiefdom is a territory or area of influence or activity over which someone has power, control, or rights, given to them by a superior authority. This term originated from feudal systems, where a fiefdom was a piece of land owned by a feudal lord, given to a vassal in exchange for their services, historically in the form of military service. It can also be used metaphorically in a modern context to refer to someone's area of control or influence, often in a business or organization.

Editors Contribution

  1. fiefdom

    Governments that rule resorting to consultants opinions as some sort of gospel utterance.

    Australian three tiers of government.


    Submitted by anonymous on January 9, 2018  

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of fiefdom in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of fiefdom in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of fiefdom in a Sentence

  1. Michael Madden:

    Under Kim Jong Il, these guys would get their fiefdom then the leader gets to regulate it when he needs to, it's not unlike the mafia, or the Sopranos, where Tony has to make a ruling.

  2. Matthew Schmidt:

    Putin would like to add the country to his fiefdom, its strategically located, and culturally and linguistically theres little standing in the way. Lukashenko is aging, and I could see him transfer power to Moscow as his own ebbs. It would be a big coup for Putin.

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