Kismet is defined as fate or destiny. If you miss your train and then meet the person who turns out to be your spouse while you wait for the next one, this is an example of fate or kismet. fate; destiny. Origin of kismet.
fiefdom. 1  the estate or domain of a feudal lord. 2  Informal. anything, as an organization or real estate, owned or controlled by one dominant person or group.
Vassal: Vassal,, in feudal society, one invested with a fief in return for services to an overlord. Some vassals did not have fiefs and lived at their lordâs court as his household knights. Certain vassals who held their fiefs directly from the crown were tenants in chief and formed the most important