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.

* {{quote-news

, 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.}}

Noun

(en noun)

(uncountable) The sport of horse racing

*{{quote-news, 1921, April 30, , Turfdom Eyes Derby Starters Who Race Today, Chicago Daily Tribune citation

, passage=The eyes of turfdom are turned tomorrow to the Blue Grass stakes at Lexington

(uncountable) Territoriality

*{{quote-book, 1997, , Lovers of the Place, page=65 citation

, passage=Monastics of all ages should be on the lookout for the danger of turfdom . Having been given a job to do, they make it into their kingdom where no one else may enter.}}

(countable) A private domain, especially in academic settings

*{{quote-book, 1992, James P. Gelatt, Managing Nonprofit Organizations in the 21st Century, page=141 citation

, passage=It may be necessary to meet in private with one or more of the senior staff to remind them that the organization is looking to build teams, not turfdoms . }}