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seigniory

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9 lettersPronunciation /ˈsiːnjəɹi/Part of speech nounSorted egiinorsyStarts with SEnds with Y0 clues
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Definitions

  1. the position and authority of a feudal lord

Word origin

From Middle English seignurie, from Old French seignurie, from seignor + -ie.

Used in a sentence

  • 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, […]
  • A third Seignorie or Shire there is that goeth to Apamia, vvhich in old time vvas called Celænæ, and aftervvards Ciboron: […]
  • O'Neal never had any seigniory over that country but what by encroachment he got upon the English.

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