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
The Sulpicians, finding themselves cramped in their old abode, began in 1684 the construction of a new seigniorial and chapter house, of one hundred and seventy-eight feet frontage by eighty-four feet deep.
From The Makers of Canada: Bishop Laval by Adrien Leblond de Brumath
My father purchased the marquisate of St. Aubin, an estate most desirable from its situation, its extent, and its titular and seigniorial rights.
From Lives of Celebrated Women by Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold) Goodrich
By the side of each baron, a squire, also on horseback, carried the seigniorial banner.
From Laboulaye's Fairy Book by Mary L. (Mary Louise) Booth
