signory

How to use signory in a sentence

• In recognition of his services the Venetian signory conferred the title of nobility upon him, with a palace and a pension.

  Tuscan Sculpture of the Fifteenth Century | Estelle M. Hurll

• The Florentine signory, however, stated that they would have nothing to do with the matter.

  Lucretia Borgia | Ferdinand Gregorovius

• The power of the plebeians was thus increased and that of the signory weakened.

  History Of Florence And Of The Affairs Of Italy | Niccolo Machiavelli

• Marino Zorzi, the new Venetian ambassador, first mentioned the project to his signory November 26th.

  Lucretia Borgia | Ferdinand Gregorovius

• The Guelphs sought refuge in neighbouring castles, whither reinforcements reached them from the Florentine signory.

  The Two First Centuries of Florentine History | Pasquale Villari