seignorial

[ seen-yawr-ee-uhl, -yohr- ]

adjective

1. of or relating to a seignior.

Other Words From

• un·seignior·al adjective
• unsei·gnori·al adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of seignorial¹

1810–20; seignor (variant of seignior ) + -ial

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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