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seneschalsy

seneschalsy is the alternative form of seneschalty.

Meaning of seneschalty

Noun

seneschalty (countable and uncountable, plural seneschalties)

  1. The office of seneschal.
  2. The term of office of a seneschal.
    Synonyms:
    seneschalship
  3. The jurisdiction of a seneschal, particularly (historical) the district governed by a seneschal in Languedoc and Normandy in late medieval and early modern France.

Forms of seneschalsy

pluralseneschalsies

Origin of seneschalsy

From Middle English seneschalcie, from Middle French seneschalcie.

Questions about seneschalsy

What is seneschalsy the alternative form of?
Seneschalsy is the alternative form of seneschalty.

Words near seneschalsy in the dictionary

  1. seneschally
  2. seneschals
  3. seneschalship
  4. seneschalships
  5. seneschalsies
  6. seneschalsy
  7. seneschalties
  8. seneschalty
  9. senescing
  10. Senese
  11. Seneses

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Adapted from Wiktionary: seneschalsy (page history and authors); seneschalty (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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