seigniory, seigneury, feudal lordship
(noun) the position and authority of a feudal lord
seigneury, seigniory, signory
(noun) the estate of a seigneur
Source: WordNet® 3.1
seigniory (countable and uncountable, plural seigniories)
The estate of a feudal lord.
The power or authority of a lord; dominion.
(legal) The lordship (authority) remaining to a grantor after the grant of an estate in fee simple.
(historical) The elders forming the municipal council in a medieval Italian republic.
• fief
• Irigoyens
Source: Wiktionary
Seign"ior*y, n.; pl. -ies. Etym: [OE. seignorie, OF. seigneurie, F. seigneurie; cf. It. signoria.]
1. 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. Spenser.
2. The territory over which a lord holds jurisdiction; a manor. [Written also seigneury, and seignory.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
9 May 2025
(noun) anything in accord with principles of justice; “he feels he is in the right”; “the rightfulness of his claim”
According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.
