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Definition of Seignior

1. Noun. A man of rank in the ancient regime.

Definition of Seignior

1. n. A lord; the lord of a manor.

Definition of Seignior

1. Noun. A feudal lord; nobleman who held his lands by feudal grant; any lord (holder) of a manor; a gentleman. ¹

2. Noun. A title of respect, formerly corresponding (especially in France) approximately to ''Sir''. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Seignior

1. a feudal lord [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Seignior

Literary usage of Seignior

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

1. The Continental Legal History Series by Association of American Law Schools (1915)
"Rupture of the Bond between the seignior and the Vassal and the Sanction of Feudal Obligations. — The feudal bond was in theory very strong, but in practice ..."

2. The Seigniorial System in Canada: A Study in French Colonial Policy by William Bennett Munro (1907)
"The holder of a sub-seigniory was subject to the six general obligations which were imposed by the crown upon the seignior.1 The only difference was that ..."

3. The Seigniorial System in Canada: A Study in French Colonial Policy by William Bennett Munro (1907)
"The holder of a sub-seigniory was subject to the six general obligations which were imposed by the crown upon the seignior.1 The only difference was that ..."

4. The Seigniorial System in Canada: A Study in French Colonial Policy by William Bennett Munro (1907)
"The holder of a sub-seigniory was subject to the six general obligations which were imposed by the crown upon the seignior.1 The only difference was that ..."

5. A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are Deduced from ...by Samuel Johnson by Samuel Johnson (1805)
"... nj [seigneur'*, Fr. from seignior.} A lordship ; a territory. O'Neal never had any seigniory over that country, but what by encroachment he got upon ti. ..."

6. Address at the Bar of the Legislative Assembly of Canada: Delivered on the by Christopher Dunkin, Canada Gazette Office, Dunkin, Christopher, 1812-1881 (1853)
"It became thus a question, whether the ownership of the non-navigable streams was in the seignior who held the Justice, or in the seignior who held the Fief ..."

7. Historic Studies in Vaud, Berne, and Savoy: From Roman Times to Voltaire by John Meredith Read (1897)
"For the payment of part of this sum seignior Dunant mortgaged a piece of land at Faverges called the Pr6 an Seigneur, the grange of ..."

8. A History of the Dominion of Canada. by John Burgess Calkin (1898)
"The domain of a seignior generally fronted on the St. Lawrence, the Richelieu, ... The seigniory generally took its name from the seignior or feudal chief. ..."

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