1. (law, old use) an area of land, especially a rented area for which the payment is work, not money

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2. an area or a situation in which somebody has control or influence
   • ● She considers the office as her own private fiefdom.
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from French, from medieval Latin feodum, feudum, ultimately of Germanic origin.

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