SEIGNIORY

n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

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.
n.

The territory over which a lord holds jurisdiction; a manor. [Written also seigneury, and seignory.]


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