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fief⋅dom

  [feef-duhm]
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–noun
1. the estate or domain of a feudal lord.
2. Informal. anything, as an organization or real estate, owned or controlled by one dominant person or group.
Origin:
1805–15; fief + -dom
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fief·dom   (fēf'dəm)   
n.  

  1. The estate or domain of a feudal lord.

  2. Something over which one dominant person or group exercises control: "long the independent head of a powerful fiefdom within the Police Department" (David Burnham).

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