seigniory
noun
the power or authority of a seignior.
seigniories
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pluralof seigniory.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Neither Condé’s military clients, nor his numerous seigniories, nor his governments took any active part whatsoever.
From Political Women, Vol. 1 by Sutherland Menzies
One of the most famous seigniories in Canada was that of the Le Moyne family.
From The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 by Herbert Eugene Bolton
When Hillsborough restored seignorial tenure, many of them acquired seigniories, though they continued to live by trade.
From The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 by Herbert Eugene Bolton
And whereas diuers of the rulers in those daies here in this land were called kings, those had more large seigniories than the Cassibellane a King. other, as Cassibellane, who was therefore called a king.
From Chronicles (1 of 6): The Historie of England (3 of 8) by Raphael Holinshed
Has not Montfort, who is now the master and conqueror of the region, bestowed several of the seigniories upon chiefs of our Crusade?
From The Iron Pincers or Mylio and Karvel A Tale of the Albigensian Crusades by Eugène Sue
