Definition of Signories

1. signory [n] - See also: signory

Lexicographical Neighbors of Signories

signiorships
signiory
signless
signmaker
signmakers
signoff
signoffs
signor
signora
signoras
signore
signores
signori
signoria
signorias
signories (current term)
signorina
signorinas
signorine
signors
signory
signout
signouts
signpost
signposted
signposting
signposts
signs
signs and symptoms
signs in

Literary usage of Signories

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Commentaries on the Law in Shakespeare by Edward Joseph White (1911)
"204. Covenant. 205. Breaking Laws. 206. Livery. 207. Attorneys. 208. Executors. 209. Failure to speak, in criminal case—Standing mute. 210. signories. 211. ..."

2. The Chronicle of Froissart by Jean Froissart (1903)
"... to augment their signories. Thus, sir, the Londoners saye, and so dothe other, that a day shall come that ye shall repent you. ..."

3. Fra Girolamo Savonarola: A Biographical Study Based on Contemporary Documents by Herbert Lucas (1899)
"For throughout the latter half of the year, from July to December, and again in January and February 1498, the successive signories were composed for the ..."

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