Meaning

The estate of a feudal lord..

Definitions by Sense

1. The estate of a feudal lord.
2. The power or authority of a lord; dominion.
3. (historical) The elders forming the municipal council in a medieval Italian republic.
4. (law) The lordship (authority) remaining to a grantor after the grant of an estate in fee simple.

Example Sentences

Robert of Artoys baniſht though thou be, / From Fraunce thy natiue Country, yet with vs, / Thou ſhalt retayne as great a Seigniorie: / For vve create thee Earle of Richmond heere, […]

A third Seignorie or Shire there is that goeth to Apamia, vvhich in old time vvas called Celænæ, and aftervvards Ciboron: […]

And be it further ordained and enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That the Right and Title of the said Ecclesiastics of the Seminary of Saint Sulpice of Montreal, in and to all and singular the said Fiefs and Seigniories of the Island of Montreal, of the Lake of the Two Mountains, and of Saint Sulpice, and their several Dependencies, and in and to all Seigniorial and Feudal Rights, Privileges, Dues, and Duties arising out of and from the same, and in and to all and every the Domains, Lands, Reservations, Buildings, Messuages, Tenements, and Hereditaments within the said several Fiefs and Seigniories now held and possessed by them as Proprietors thereof, […] shall be and they are hereby confirmed and declared good, valid, and effectual in the Law; […]

O'Neal never had any seigniory over that country but what by encroachment he got upon the English.

Word Forms

• seigniories
• seignory
• signiory
• signory

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