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signorial

signorial is the alternative form of seigneurial.

Meaning of seigneurial

Adjective

seigneurial (comparative more seigneurial, superlative most seigneurial)

  1. Of or relating to a seigneur or to seigneurialism.
    • In April 1768 Carleton had proposed the restoration of the seigneurial militia system.1724-1759, William Wood, The Father of British Canada= A Chronicle of Carleton
  2. Befitting a seigneur.
    • She would chat for hours, without thinking anything of it, with the chief of the village on her mother's estate, when he happened to come into town, and talk with him as if he were her equal, without any signs of seigneurial condescension.1873, Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev, Liza

Forms of signorial

comparativemore signorial
superlativemost signorial

Words that rhyme with signorial

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Questions about signorial

What is signorial the alternative form of?
Signorial is the alternative form of seigneurial.

Words near signorial in the dictionary

  1. Signorellis
  2. signores
  3. Signoret
  4. signori
  5. signoria
  6. signorial
  7. signories
  8. signorina
  9. signorinas
  10. signorine
  11. signorise

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Adapted from Wiktionary: signorial (page history and authors); seigneurial (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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