fiefdom
/ˈfiːfdəm/
noun
- An area, organization, or activity that someone controls completely and does not allow others to interfere with.
- In many large companies, department heads create their own fiefdoms and refuse to cooperate.
- The coach turned the soccer program into his fiefdom, making all decisions without input.
- The senior editor ran the newspaper's opinion section as her personal fiefdom.
- A territory or area controlled by a lord in the feudal system.
- Castles were built throughout the fiefdom to protect the land from invaders.
- The baron ruled his fiefdom with absolute authority over the local peasants.
- Each fiefdom had its own laws and customs under the lord's rule.