seignorialadj.
/seɪˈnjɔːrɪəl/ Pertaining to a seignior or seigniors.
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society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > lord > [adjective] > feudal
liege1297
seigneurial1656
seignorial1818
society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > lord or lady > [adjective] > lordly or relating to a lord
lordlyOE
seignorous1477
seignorously1481
lordlike1488
seignorable1572
seigneurial1656
seignorial1818
1818 H. Hallam View Europe Middle Ages I. ii. 165 Several other small emoluments of himself and his successors,..were in that age rather seigniorial than royal.
1823 R. Southey Hist. Peninsular War I. 721 Provincial custom-houses were abolished, and all seignorial courts of justice.
1877 M. Oliphant Makers of Florence (ed. 2) vi. 158 This liberal and almost splendid existence, with its seignorial amusements of hunting and hawking.
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