Fiefdom vs Fief - What's the difference?
fiefdom | fief |
The estate controlled by a feudal lord; a fief.
(by extension, mostly, pejorative) Any organization in the control of a dominant individual.
* {{quote-news
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, date=April 23
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, title=François Hollande on top but far right scores record result in French election
, work=the Guardian
An estate held of a superior on condition of military service.
Something over which one has rights or exercises control.
(metaphor) An area of dominion, especially in a corporate or governmental bureaucracy.
Fief is a derived term of fiefdom.
As nouns the difference between fiefdom and fief
is that fiefdom is the estate controlled by a feudal lord; a fief while fief is an estate held of a superior on condition of military service.fiefdom
English
(wikipedia fiefdom)Noun
(en noun)- The duke's fiefdom had been greatly expanded as a reward for his dutiful military service on behalf of the king.
- 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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