signory

[seen-yuh-ree]

noun

plural

signories 

1. a variant of seigniory.

signory

/ ˈsiːnjərɪ /

noun

1. a variant spelling of seigniory

Example Sentences

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

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When the king began to hint at the recall of Piero de’ Medici, whose envoys had gained his ear, the signory ordered the citizens to be ready to fly to arms.

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Can Grande, like other despots, had two objects,—to make his signory secure, and to enlarge it.

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Anarchy had got too fast a hold on the city, and it required a stronger hand than that of the pope, or the signory of the republic, to keep it down.

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Charles, who was full of the Medici’s promises, made exorbitant demands, and finally presented an ultimatum to the signory, who rejected it.

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