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noun

Seigniory n. (pl. seigniories)

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."

The territory over which a lord holds jurisdiction; a manor. (Written also seigneury, and seignory)

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Etymology of 'Seigniory'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Seigniory" Quotes from Famous Books

... religious of St. Dominic our father, and as vassals of your Majesty, to advise you of the condition of the lands of your seigniory, where we now reside in this country of the Philipinas and the city of Manila (where we are at present assembled in our provincial chapter and definitory), we say that this land is greatly afflicted because these seas are so infested ...

— The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume XXIII, 1629-30 • Various

... apologies I retained just enough of my wits about me to enquire her name. "Alexandra Grant," she said gracefully enough. Ah yes, I recollected—the Grants, within a generation, had bought the Esneval Seigniory, and its Manor-house. ...

— The Young Seigneur - Or, Nation-Making • Wilfrid Chateauclair

... before the king. A young girl, an orphan, who had a considerable estate, married a fine young fellow who had nothing. The girl's property was within a seigniory held by the Church. The bishop of the diocese, an arrogant scion of the great nobility, claimed the girl's estate on the ground that she had married privately, and thus had cheated the Church out of one of its rights as lord of the seigniory—the ...

— Innocents abroad • Mark Twain