demesne

Noun
  1. Extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use (synset 113267561)
    "the family owned a large estate on Long Island"
    is a type of: immovable, real estate, real property, realty - property consisting of houses and land
    subtypes:
    • freehold - an estate held in fee simple or for life
    • glebe - plot of land belonging to an English parish church or an ecclesiastical office
    • leasehold - land or property held under a lease
    • smallholding - a piece of land under 50 acres that is sold or let to someone for cultivation
    • homestead - land acquired from the United States public lands by filing a record and living on and cultivating it under the homestead law
    • feoff, fief - a piece of land held under the feudal system
    • barony - the estate of a baron
    • countryseat - an estate in the country
    • crown land - land that belongs to the Crown
    • manor - the landed estate of a lord (including the house on it)
    • seigneury, seigniory, signory - the estate of a seigneur
    • hacienda - a large estate in Spanish-speaking countries
    • plantation - an estate where cash crops are grown on a large scale (especially in tropical areas)
    • entail - land received by fee tail
    same as: acres, estate, land, landed estate
  2. Territory over which rule or control is exercised (synset 108574028)
    "his domain extended into Europe"; "he made it the law of the land"
    is a type of: region - a large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth
    subtypes:
    • archduchy - the domain controlled by an archduke or archduchess
    • barony - the domain of a baron
    • duchy, dukedom - the domain controlled by a duke or duchess
    • earldom - the domain controlled by an earl or count or countess
    • emirate - the domain controlled by an emir
    • empire, imperium - the domain ruled by an emperor or empress; the region over which imperial dominion is exercised
    • fiefdom - the domain controlled by a feudal lord
    • grand duchy - the domain controlled by a grand duke or grand duchess
    • viscounty - the domain controlled by a viscount or viscountess
    • khanate - the realm of a khan
    • kingdom, realm - the domain ruled by a king or queen
    • princedom, principality - territory ruled by a prince
    • sheikdom, sheikhdom - the domain ruled by a sheik
    • suzerainty - the domain of a suzerain
    is a part of: country, land, state - the territory occupied by a nation
    same as: domain, land

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