- a variation of seigniory.
signory
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They then sent a delegation to the signory, directing that they grant their demands.
From Chit-Chat; Nirvana; The Searchlight by Holt, Mathew Joseph
Marino Zorzi, the new Venetian ambassador, first mentioned the project to his signory November 26th.
From Lucretia Borgia According to Original Documents and Correspondence of Her Day by Gregorovius, Ferdinand
A signory adverse to Giano having been elected, he was driven into exile in 1295.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" by Various
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.
From Dante. An essay. To which is added a translation of De Monarchia. by Church, R. W. (Richard William)
He removed the members of the signory and the colleagues and deposed the syndics of the trades.
From Chit-Chat; Nirvana; The Searchlight by Holt, Mathew Joseph
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
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
"Merchants Adventurers of England for the discovery of lands, territories, isles and signories, unknown."
From The Gentle Reader by Crothers, Samuel McChord
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