seigniory

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim The estate of a feudal lord.

   “Robert of Artoys baniſht though thou be, / From Fraunce thy natiue Country, yet with vs, / Thou ſhalt retayne as great a Seigniorie: / For vve create thee Earle of Richmond heere, […]”

2. isim The power or authority of a lord; dominion.

   “O'Neal never had any seigniory over that country but what by encroachment he got upon the English.”

3. isim The elders forming the municipal council in a medieval Italian republic.
4. isim The lordship (authority) remaining to a grantor after the grant of an estate in fee simple.