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Definition of Seigniors
1. seignior [n] - See also: seignior
Lexicographical Neighbors of Seigniors
Literary usage of Seigniors
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Seigniorial System in Canada: A Study in French Colonial Policy by William Bennett Munro (1907)
"Some of the privileges contained in the seigniorial grants," he wrote, " appear
to convey dangerous powers into the hands of the seigniors, but upon a ..."
2. The Ancient Régime by Hippolyte Taine (1876)
"seigniors of the court.—Financiers and parvenues.—Ambassadors, ministers, governors,
general officers.—VII. Prelates, seigniors and minor provincial ..."
3. The Ancient Régime by Hippolyte Taine (1881)
"seigniors of the court.—Financiers and parvenus.—Ambassadors, ministers, governors,
general officers.—VII. Prelates, seigniors and minor provincial nobles. ..."
4. The Seigniorial System in Canada: A Study in French Colonial Policy by William Bennett Munro (1907)
"It is not strange, therefore, that seigniors preferred to have settlers take'
their lands, not en arriere-fief, but en censive, ..."
5. The Continental Legal History Series by Association of American Law Schools (1915)
"... between Serfs belonging to Different seigniors].5 — The Church recognized the
validity of the marriage of the serf, even when it took place without the ..."
6. The Seigniorial System in Canada: A Study in French Colonial Policy by William Bennett Munro (1907)
"In some instances the governor sought to assist the seigniors by sending some
regular officers into the seigniories; but the habitants received them coldly ..."
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