Meanings
nounseigneurie (plural seigneuries)
plural seigneuries · alternative seigneury
- historyAn area governed by a seigneur (French noble).
Conventionally, seigneuries were divided between, first, the domain land […]; and, second, the tenures (or censives) which were divided among the peasantry and others.
2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 153 - CanadaThe estate of a seigneur.
- Channel IslandsThe official residence of a Seigneur.
Origin
- Frenchseigneurie
- Englishseigneurie
From French seigneurie.
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Turkish senyörlük
- senyörlükan area governed by a seigneur
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