signiory
signiory is the alternative form of seigniory.
Meaning of seigniory
Noun
seigniory (countable and uncountable, plural seigniories)
- The estate of a feudal lord.
- 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, […]1596, [attributed to William Shakespeare; Thomas Kyd], The Raigne of King Edward the Third: […], London: […] [T. Scarlet] for Cuthbert Burby, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]
- The power or authority of a lord; dominion.
- O'Neal never had any seigniory over that country but what by encroachment he got upon the English.1596 (date written; published 1633), Edmund Spenser, A Vewe of the Present State of Irelande […], Dublin: […] Societie of Stationers, […], →OCLC; republished as A View of the State of Ireland […]...
- The elders forming the municipal council in a medieval Italian republic.
- The lordship (authority) remaining to a grantor after the grant of an estate in fee simple.
Forms of signiory
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Questions about signiory
- What is signiory the alternative form of?
- Signiory is the alternative form of seigniory.
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