Meanings
adjectiveseignorial (comparative more seignorial, superlative most seignorial)
comparative more seignorial · superlative most seignorial · alternative seignoral
- In the Middle Ages, relating to or befitting of a nobleman.
Instead of bales of cloth he saw there only gleaming bucklers hanging on the walls, and arms of all kinds as in a seignorial castle.
1919, Louise Seymour Houghton, Life of St. Francis of Assisi
Origin
Old French *seignorial, from seignor (“master, lord”) + -ial (adjectival suffix).
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Rhymes with seignorial
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APA
seignorial. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seignorial
MLA
“seignorial.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seignorial. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “seignorial,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seignorial.
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