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seignorial

seignorial adjective: in the Middle Ages, relating to or befitting of a nobleman.

Adjective

seignorial (comparative more seignorial, superlative most seignorial)

  1. In the Middle Ages, relating to or befitting of a nobleman.
    • Instead of bales of cloth he saw there only gleaming bucklers hanging on the walls, and arms of all kinds as in a seignorial castle.1919, Louise Seymour Houghton, Life of St. Francis of Assisi

Forms of seignorial

comparativemore seignorial
superlativemost seignorial
alternative formseignoral

Origin of seignorial

Old French *seignorial, from seignor (“master, lord”) + -ial (adjectival suffix).

Words that rhyme with seignorial

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Questions about seignorial

What does seignorial mean?
Seignorial means in the Middle Ages, relating to or befitting of a nobleman.
What part of speech is seignorial?
Seignorial is an adjective.

Words near seignorial in the dictionary

  1. seigniour
  2. seigniours
  3. seignorage
  4. seignorages
  5. seignoral
  6. seignorial
  7. seignories
  8. seignorize
  9. seignorized
  10. seignorizes
  11. seignorizing

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