seigneury
- noun
- /ˈseɪnjʊri/
- Archaic
:
señorío
- Theix, near Vannes, had ten seigneuries (nine lay and one ecclesiastical) and Grandchamp held twelve (ten lay and two ecclesiastical).
Examples
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The town, founded as a stop called "Arthabaska Station" on the Grand Trunk Railway, drew its early settlers from overpopulated seigneuries in the Saint Lawrence Valley.
Academic text (2003) -
The castle where the set was found is situated in a seigneury that has been owned by the same noble family since 1700.
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Others purchased lands and seigneuries.
Academic text (2018) -
There were seigneuries of different sizes, from the great lordships which retained the exercise of high justice to those incorporating fractions of parishes.
Academic text (2018) -
Others purchased lands and seigneuries to expand their influence in the region.
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The town drew its early settlers from overpopulated seigneuries along the Saint Lawrence River.
Synonyms
A land area ruled by a lord, often like an estate around a castle
Power and land that a local lord had in the past
The power and land a lord had in the Middle Ages
How Big
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word seigneury comes from French seigneur, which means 'lord', and is like the English word senior from Latin senior, which means 'older' and so suggests someone in charge. So a seigneury is the land, estate, or authority that belongs to that lord.