seneschalsyn.
/ˈsɛnɪʃəlsi/ French History.
1. A territory under the government of a seneschal. Cf. seneschalty n.
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society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > territory under a governor or official > [noun] > under a seneschal
seneschalsy1475
seneschaunce1525
seneschalty1577
seneschalship1586
seneschausee1647
seneschally1700
1475 Bk. Noblesse (Roxb.) 38 [So he] toke the homages of alle the vassallis and subgettis in the seneschalcie of Agenois.
1700 J. Tyrrell Gen. Hist. Eng. II. 707 Out of whose hands he had taken..the Seneschalsy of Anjou.
1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. iv. ii. 173 By Bailliages, by Seneschalsies, in whatsoever form men convene.
2.
a. The administrative seat of a seneschal.
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society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > governor of province, dependency, or colony > [noun] > official residence of
seneschalsy1652
government house1762
governorate1930
1652 P. Heylyn Cosmographie i. sig. Q An Episcopall See, and the Seneschalsie for all the Countrie of Begorre.
b. The office of seneschal.
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society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > governor of province, dependency, or colony > [noun] > position of
governorship1549
governmentship1615
ethnarchy1641
residentship1794
proconsulate1795
proconsulship1807
seneschalsy1898
1898 Eng. Hist. Rev. Jan. 137 He believes the evidence may be trusted..of the Count of Anjou's claim to the seneschalcy.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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