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signeurialism

signeurialism is the obsolete spelling of seigneurialism.

Meaning of seigneurialism

Noun

seigneurialism (uncountable)

  1. Manorialism; feudalism.
    • In addition, peasants had to operate within a social and juridical system – seigneurialism, or féodalité (‘feudalism’) in contemporary parlance – which also inhibited innovation.2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 153

Questions about signeurialism

What is signeurialism the obsolete spelling of?
Signeurialism is the obsolete spelling of seigneurialism.

Words near signeurialism in the dictionary

  1. signeth
  2. signets
  3. signetted
  4. signeur
  5. signeurial
  6. signeurialism
  7. signeurs
  8. signholder
  9. signholders
  10. signiconic
  11. signieur

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