Associations to the word «Fiefdom»

Wiktionary

FIEFDOM, noun. The estate controlled by a feudal lord; a fief.
FIEFDOM, noun. (by extension) (mostly pejorative) Any organization in the control of a dominant individual.

Dictionary definition

FIEFDOM, noun. The domain controlled by a feudal lord.
FIEFDOM, noun. An organization that is controlled by a dominant person or group.

Wise words

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin