Noun

(en noun)

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.

(by extension, mostly, pejorative) Any organization in the control of a dominant individual.

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.

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, year=2012 , date=April 23 , author=Angelique Chrisafis , title=François Hollande on top but far right scores record result in French election , work=the Guardian citation , page= , passage=Hollande told cheering supporters in his rural fiefdom of Corrèze in south-west France that he was best-placed to lead France towards change, saying the vote marked a "rejection" of Sarkozy and a "sanction" against his five years in office.}}