fiefdom.

1. A territory or domain held under a feudal arrangement.

2. An organization or area treated as someone’s private domain of authority.

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Words that belong together

• feudal fiefdom
• hereditary fiefdom

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The map divided the valley into fiefdoms.

The lord inherited a small fiefdom.

The charter described the fiefdom’s obligations.

Usage notes

Primary category: fantasy. Forms: Singular fiefdom; plural fiefdoms. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.