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🤴 Lordly manner 🏰 Feudal lord's authority
seigniorial

seigniorial

9.9
Relating to the rights and power of a feudal lord
  • adjective
  • /ˌseɪnˈjɔːriəl/
  • Archaic
translation icon : señorial
  • The seigniorial rights of the landowner allowed him to control the surrounding territory.
  • seigniorial privilege

Examples

  • And while the usurer does contrast his own values of self-sufficiency and ganancia with those of inherited wealth, he nevertheless hopes to gain some of the non-economic vestiges of seigniorial privilege.

    Academic text (2004)

  • Felipe's usefulness as a symbol of stability correlates with the decline of his economic and political power, along with his inability to guarantee seigniorial privilege.

    Academic text (2004)

  • In Terra Nostra, the usurer exemplifies this position when he recognizes that, although his values differ from those of the landed nobility, he can still serve the king and seigniorial privilege.

    Academic text (2004)

  • In the feudal system, seigniorial authority was essential for the governance of local areas.

  • The village thrived under the seigniorial rule, providing stability and protection to its inhabitants.

Synonyms

signorial
vsseigniorial
  • Archaic
9.9

About a lord's rights and duties, especially in the Middle Ages

is the same but without extra emphasis on feudal institutions
seignorial
vsseigniorial
  • Archaic
9.9

About a lord and the rights and duties he had over land

focuses more on authority and power than on privileges
seigneurial
vsseigniorial
  • Archaic
9.9

Relating to the old system where lords owned land and ruled villages

centres on a lord's rights and authority rather than land systems

Surface Forms

seigniorial positive

Morphology

seigniorial = seignior (opaque) = seignior + ial

Built from 'seignior' + '-ial', but because 'seignior' is rare and mainly historical, the feudal-legal sense is not easily inferred by most learners.

Etymology

Seigniorial comes from the Old French word seigneur 'lord' and the Latin senior 'older'. In the Middle Ages a seigneur had power and special rights over land and people, so seigniorial describes the rights or authority of a lord.