seigneurie
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From French seigneurie.
Noun
seigneurie (plural seigneuries)
- (French historical) An area governed by a seigneur.
- 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 153:
- 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 2003, p. 153:
- (Canada) The estate of a seigneur.
- (Channel Islands) The official residence of a Seigneur.
French
Etymology
Middle French, from Old French signorie. Equivalent to seigneur + -ie.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sɛ.ɲœ.ʁi/
Audio (file)
Noun
seigneurie f (plural seigneuries)
- (French historical, Canada) seigneurie
- seigniory; fiefdom, domain
Further reading
- “seigneurie” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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