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seignorial, a.|seɪˈnjɔərɪəl|
Also seigniorial.
[f. seignor, seignior + -ial. Cf. F. seigneurial.]
Pertaining to a seignior or seigniors.
1818Hallam Mid. Ages (1872) I. 209 Several other small emoluments of himself and his successors,..were in that age rather seigniorial than royal. 1823Southey Penins. War I. 721 Provincial custom-houses were abolished, and all seignorial courts of justice. 1877Mrs. Oliphant Makers Flor. vi. 158 This liberal and almost splendid existence, with its seignorial amusements of hunting and hawking. |