signorial
- adjective
- /sɪˈnɔːrɪəl/
- Archaic
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señorial
- During the Middle Ages, a signorial system of governance granted lords significant power over their lands and subjects.
Examples
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The porticoes in northern Italy, a region that had produced some of the earliest Italian communes, ultimately helped to tilt pluralistic regimes toward signorial rule.
Academic text (2015) -
The only surviving examples of podestarile loggias in northern Italian cities all date to periods of signorial, not popular, rule, a political shift that had less impact on their design than one might expect, given that a common strategy of a city lord (signore) was to mask autocratic governance behind a veil of "republicanism."
Academic text (2015) -
In the context of feudalism, a signorial estate was often characterized by the lord's control over agricultural production and labor.
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The castle stood as a signorial residence, reflecting the authority and wealth of its lord during the feudal era.
Synonyms
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A system where lords own land and farmers work it for protection
About a lord and the rights and duties he had over land
Relating to the rights and power of a feudal lord
Relating to the old system where lords owned land and ruled villages
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Signorial comes from a word for a 'lord' and the Latin senior, meaning 'older'. That's why signorial is used for the rights, duties, or things that belong to a lord, especially in the old system where lords had power.