seigniories
- plural of seigniory.
Example Sentences
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Already the banks of the St. Lawrence below Quebec were laid out in seigniories, and the farms were tolerably well cultivated.
From The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation Volume 1 by Roger, Charles
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 Holinshed, Raphael
From the year 1672 to the close of the century as many as 16 seigniories were granted on the St. John river, besides others in various parts of New Brunswick.
From Glimpses of the Past History of the River St. John, A.D. 1604-1784 by Raymond, W. O. (William Odber)
Five years separated the needy Munster Captain from the Lord Warden of the Stannaries, the magnificent Captain of the Queen's Guard, the owner of broad lands in England, and Irish seigniories.
From Sir Walter Ralegh A Biography by Stebbing, W. (William)
The seigniory of Mathieu d’Amours, sieur de Freneuse, lay between the two seigniories of his brother Louis at Jemseg and Nashwaak, extending a distance of seven leagues and including both sides of the river.
From Glimpses of the Past History of the River St. John, A.D. 1604-1784 by Raymond, W. O. (William Odber)
