signory
- noun
- /ˈsɪɡnəri/
- Archaic
:
señorío
- The signory ruled over the vast lands, ensuring justice and order within its territory.
Examples
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At this time, too, the signory grew intensely interested in increasing the income of pious trusts and preventing the mismanagement of ecclesiastical foundations.
Academic text (1996) -
He, whom next thyself Of all the world I lov'd, and to him put the manage of my state; as at that time Through all the signories it was the first, and Prospero the prime duke, being so reputed in dignity, and for the liberal arts without a parallel, those being all my study- The government I cast upon my brother and to my state grew stranger, being transported and rapt in secret studies.
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My services, which I have done the signory.
Academic text (2017) -
In the middle ages, a powerful signory often dictated the laws that the peasants had to follow.
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The signory of the duke extended from the river to the mountains, encompassing many villages.
Synonyms
Power and land that a local lord had in the past
Land and power owned by a lord under the old feudal system in France or French Canada
How Big
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word signory comes from the Italian signoria, from signore which means 'lord' and is related to senior meaning 'older'. So a signory is the land or authority that a lord controls.