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seigniory

noun
/ˈsiːnjəɹi/

Etymology

From Middle English seignurie, from Old French seignurie, from seignor + -ie.

  1. derived from seignurie
  2. inherited from seignurie

Definitions

  1. The estate of a feudal lord.

    • Robert of Artoys baniſht though thou be, / From Fraunce thy natiue Country, yet with vs, / Thou ſhalt retayne as great a Seigniorie: / For vve create thee Earle of Richmond heere, […]
    • A third Seignorie or Shire there is that goeth to Apamia, vvhich in old time vvas called Celænæ, and aftervvards Ciboron: […]

  2. The power or authority of a lord

    The power or authority of a lord; dominion.

    • O'Neal never had any seigniory over that country but what by encroachment he got upon the English.

  3. The elders forming the municipal council in a medieval Italian republic.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. The lordship (authority) remaining to a grantor after the grant of an estate in fee…

      The lordship (authority) remaining to a grantor after the grant of an estate in fee simple.

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