seigniory
Americannoun
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the power or authority of a seignior.
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History/Historical. a lord's domain.
noun
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less common names for a seigneury
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(in England) the fee or manor of a seignior; a feudal domain
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the authority of a seignior or the relationship between him and his tenants
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a body of lords
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of seigniory
1250–1300; Middle English seignorie < Old French; see seigneur, -y 3
Example Sentences
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Deported to Germany from his Nazi-occupied feudal seigniory in the English Channel was U.S.-born Robert Woodward Hathaway, Seigneur of Sark by his 1929 marriage to the Dame of Sark.
From Time Magazine Archive
One of the properties on which he wanted the public to lend him $35,500,000 was St. Donat's Castle in Wales, the Lord of San Simeon's European seigniory.
From Time Magazine Archive
E His seigniory of St. Laurent made an earldom in 1676, 181.
From The Makers of Canada: Index and Dictionary of Canadian History by Various
Hd Nephew of Sir Frederick Haldimand, joins him in Florida, 72; placed in charge of seigniory of Pabos, 73, 111; appointed ranger of the woods, 294; death of, 294.
From The Makers of Canada: Index and Dictionary of Canadian History by Various
P Represents Montreal in first Parliament, 1792, 4; his patriotism, 4; oratorical gifts, 4; services during American invasion, 1775-1776, 5, 33; acquires seigniory of La Petite Nation, 5-6.
From The Makers of Canada: Index and Dictionary of Canadian History by Various
Who is it but the merchants who are buying up the seigniories and living in the manor-houses to-day?
From The False Chevalier or, The Lifeguard of Marie Antoinette by Lighthall, W. D. (William Douw)
The new head of the family never returned to his own castle, which, together with the vast domains attached to it, is ruled by the bailiffs of the seigniories of Plouernel and Mezlean.
From The Pocket Bible or Christian the Printer A Tale of the Sixteenth Century by Sue, Eug?ne
A Privy Seal warrant in February, 1586, confirmed by letters patent in the following October, awarded to the three three seigniories and a half in Waterford, Cork, and perhaps Tipperary.
From Sir Walter Ralegh A Biography by Stebbing, W. (William)
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
"I knew," said Chrysler, "that you had your seigniories in Quebec, and some sort of a feudal history, far back, but I never dreamed of such seats."
From The Young Seigneur Or, Nation-Making by Lighthall, W. D. (William Douw)
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