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"Merchants Adventurers of England for the discovery of lands, territories, isles and signories, unknown."

From The Gentle Reader by Crothers, Samuel McChord

The King of Spain, after the old Roman manner, has a whole page of titles, to express the several kingdoms and signories of which he is master.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 573, October 27, 1832 by Various

There come the ensigns of our subject towns and signories, Melema; they will all be suspended in San Giovanni until this day next year, when they will give place to new ones.”

From Romola by Eliot, George

It would seem that an ancestor of Don Camillo was anciently a senator of Venice, when the death of a relation brought many Calabrian signories into his possession.

From The Bravo by Cooper, James Fenimore

The next attempt was made by Walter Devereux, Earl of Essex, who received part of the signories of Clannaboy and Ferney, provided he could expel the "rebels" who dwelt there.

From An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800 by Cusack, Mary Frances