Fiefdom

2 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  fiefdom
       n 1: the domain controlled by a feudal lord
       2: an organization that is controlled by a dominat person or
          group

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:



  61 Moby Thesaurus words for "fiefdom":
     adverse possession, alodium, burgage, claim, colony, de facto,
     de jure, dependency, derivative title, fee fief, fee position,
     fee simple, fee simple absolute, fee simple conditional,
     fee simple defeasible, fee simple determinable, fee tail, feodum,
     feud, frankalmoign, free socage, freehold, gavelkind,
     having title to, hold, holding, knight service, lay fee, lease,
     leasehold, legal claim, legal possession, mandate, occupancy,
     occupation, original title, owning, possessing, possession,
     preoccupancy, preoccupation, prepossession, prescription, property,
     property rights, proprietary rights, seisin, socage, squatting,
     sublease, tenancy, tenantry, tenure, tenure in chivalry, title,
     underlease, undertenancy, usucapion, villein socage, villeinhold,
     villenage