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Definition of Signory
1. Noun. The estate of a seigneur.
Definition of Signory
1. Noun. (rare) A territory or domain, especially under a feudal lordship. ¹
2. Noun. Overlordship, dominion. ¹
3. Noun. (context: now historical) A ruling assembly, specifically of various Italian republics; a signoria. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Signory
1. seignory [n -GNORIES] - See also: seignory
Lexicographical Neighbors of Signory
Literary usage of Signory
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of the Commonwealth of Florence: From the Earliest Independence of by Thomas Adolphus Trollope (1865)
"... Entry of the new signory on the 1st July—Tumultuous presentation of a petition—The
signory yield—Fresh disturbances—Peace with Borne—Contentment of the ..."
2. History of Florence and of the Affairs of Italy: From the Earliest Times to by Niccolò Machiavelli (1901)
"AT day-break on the twenty-first of July, there did not appear in the piazza,
above eighty men in arms friendly to the signory, and not one of the ..."
3. Beatrice D'Este, Duchess of Milan, 1475-1497: A Study of the Renaissance by Mrs. Julia Mary Cartwright Ady (1903)
"H93 A SERIES of fetes had been arranged by the Doge and signory of Venice in
honour of their illustrious guests, and the order in which they took place is ..."
4. Beatrice D'Este, Duchess of Milan, 1475-1497: A Study of the Renaissance by Julia Mary Cartwright Ady (1920)
"'493 A SERIES of fetes had been arranged by the Doge and signory of Venice in
honour of their illustrious guests, and the order in which they took place is ..."
5. The Venetian Republic: Its Rise, Its Growth, and Its Fall 421-1797 by William Carew Hazlitt (1900)
"... CHAPTER XL AD 1699-1762 War of the Succession—Overtures to the signory from
... which declares for him — Quarrel of the signory with France—Renewal of ..."
6. Memoirs of the Dukes of Urbino, Illustrating the Arms, Arts, and Literature by James Dennistoun (1851)
"Letter of the Lord Duke of Urbino, Captain-general to the signory of ...
regarding which it seems necessary first to recapitulate to your signory what I had ..."
7. Universal Classics Library by Oliver Herbrand Gordon Leigh (1901)
"While they were arranging to take possession of the republic, their design became
known to the signory, who, having taken a man named Simone, learned from ..."
8. Chronicles of the City of Perugia, 1492-1503 by Francesco Maturanzio, Edward Strachan Morgan (1905)
"... which till then he had shown to no man, and he told them that he had received
it from the signory of Florence—a mark of their goodwill and of their ..."
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