Sentence:  Lewis of France had his infancy attended by crafty and worldly men, who made extent of <WSD>territory</WSD> the most "glorious" instance of power, and mistook the acquisition of "fame", for the spreading of "honour". 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A geographic area under control of a single governing entity such as state or municipality; an area whose borders are determined by the scope of political power rather than solely by natural features such as rivers and ridges.