Organizations run by one dominant person

Usage examples of fiefdoms.

Byron thought appropriate, for here the fate of three fiefdoms would be decided.

Ruwendian lords and ladies of the manor governed their tiny fiefdoms with a light hand, following the example of the throne, and everyone had prospered except the lazy, who did not deserve to.

From the lawless elements rose a new breed of leader, barons who ran their own fiefdoms like medieval lords, paying armies of mercenaries to protect and expand their borders.

Used to be called fiefdoms, until we decided that was too behind the times.