seigneurial
adjective
of or relating to a seigneur.
seigneurialism
-
a word derived from
seigneurial.
Example Sentences
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It was only when the administration of the country came into new and alien hands that Canadian seigneurialism became a barrier to economic progress and an obsolete system which had to be abolished.
From Crusaders of New France A Chronicle of the Fleur-de-Lis in the Wilderness Chronicles of America, Volume 4 by William Bennett Munro
The people in general, whatever their attitude towards seigneurialism, were familiar with no other system of landholding.
From The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism by William Bennett Munro
The sordid phases of seigneurialism dropped into the background.
From Crusaders of New France A Chronicle of the Fleur-de-Lis in the Wilderness Chronicles of America, Volume 4 by William Bennett Munro
