seignior
noun
a lord, especially a feudal lord; ruler.
seigniorial
-
a word derived from
seignior.
Example Sentences
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He cut ahead of this goofy old couple behind us, as if it were his seigniorial right.
From Golf Digest ● Apr. 2, 2020
Now those imperious seigniorial rights over the region may be slackening.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 12, 2017
A few members of the seigniorial nobility, the officials and some merchants—perhaps three hundred in all—may have gone back to France.
From Canada by Sir John George Bourinot
The power of commuting the seigniorial or feudal tenure into free and common soccage was given to the censitaire in transactions with the crown.
From The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation Volume 1 by Charles Roger
The seigniorial mansion itself is taking on more of pomp.
From Canada: the Empire of the North Being the Romantic Story of the New Dominion's Growth from Colony to Kingdom by Agnes C. (Agnes Christina) Laut
