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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The territory was not surveyed; each applicant, in filing his petition for a seigneury, was asked to describe the tract he desired.
From The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism by William Bennett Munro
In the early morning the habitant repaired to the seigneury to assist in erecting the May-pole.
From Old Quebec The Fortress of New France by Claude Glennon Bryan
When he came to the New World he wanted the sort of life that would keep him always on his mettle, and that could not be found within the cultivated borders of seigneury and parish.
From The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism by William Bennett Munro
He was expected to have his seigneury surveyed into farms, or en censive holdings, and to procure, as quickly as might be, settlers for these farms.
From The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism by William Bennett Munro
In 1670, however, he was back at Quebec again, and having married a daughter of the colony, applied at once for the grant of a seigneury.
From The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism by William Bennett Munro
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