seigneury
Americannoun
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the domain of a seigneur.
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(in French Canada) land originally held by grant from the king of France.
noun
Etymology
Origin of seigneury
Example Sentences
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Once past this they had no great distance to go to reach the seigneury of De Catinat's friend of the noblesse who would help them upon their way.
From The Refugees by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir
This with his other tract was united to form the seigneury of Longueuil.
From The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism by Munro, William Bennett
One busybody wrote to the colonial Intendant that a bake-oven should be established in every seigneury and that the habitants should be ordered to bring their dough there to be made into bread.
From Crusaders of New France A Chronicle of the Fleur-de-Lis in the Wilderness Chronicles of America, Volume 4 by Munro, William Bennett
In face of many difficulties he mastered mathematics and became a self-taught land surveyor, so that he was able to make the surveys of the great Pangman seigneury at Lachenaie.
From The Day of Sir Wilfrid Laurier A Chronicle of Our Own Time by Skelton, Oscar Douglas
A seigneury in Languedoc; the story of Louis, Baron of, 145-146 Jeanne Darc.
From Legends & Romances of Brittany by Spence, Lewis
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