seignorial
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- unseignioral adjective
- unseignorial adjective
Etymology
Origin of seignorial
Example Sentences
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By dual seignorial right, he grew up in the studios and back lots of Hollywood.
From Time Magazine Archive
Majestically arrayed in an ancient blue suit, frayed white shirt and new brown boots, Floyd Handshoe, 51, la bored at a seignorial pace last week, hoeing rocks into potholes in the road.
From Time Magazine Archive
Even North Americans, to whom his seignorial temper may at first seem foreign, can recognize in his concept of "honor" a virtue familiar to them1 in their own great men and called by them "responsibility."
From Time Magazine Archive
Her riposte does little to blunt the thrust of Nunn's original accusation, for her family's seignorial attitude toward the people in its domain is evidence enough of its political power.
From Time Magazine Archive
In response to Clara’s imagination and the requirements of the moment, the noble, seignorial architecture began sprouting all sorts of extra little rooms, staircases, turrets, and terraces.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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