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seignorial
[ seen-yawr-ee-uhl, -yohr- ]
adjective
- of or relating to a seignior.
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Other Words From
- un·seignior·al adjective
- unsei·gnori·al adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of seignorial1
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Example Sentences
He would not confess that lands, and houses, and seignorial functions were no longer of value in his eyes.
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For instance in matters of jurisdiction, there were seignorial, ecclesiastical and military courts.
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The sokemen have fallen, and their fall has brought with it the consolidation of manorial husbandry and seignorial power.
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This is part of a much wider question that we must face hereafter, for seignorial justice should be treated as a whole.
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On the one hand, it seems plain that there is a seignorial justice which is not franchisal.
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