seigneurie

English

Alternative forms

• seigneury

Etymology

From French seigneurie.

Noun

seigneurie (plural seigneuries)

1. (history) An area governed by a seigneur (French noble).
   • 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 153:

     Conventionally, seigneuries were divided between, first, the domain land […] ; and, second, the tenures (or censives) which were divided among the peasantry and others.

2. (Canada) The estate of a seigneur.
3. (Channel Islands) The official residence of a Seigneur.

Translations

an area governed by a seigneur

• Armenian: սենյորություն (senyorutʻyun)
• Turkish: senyörlük (tr)

French

Etymology

From Middle French, from Old French signorie. Equivalent to seigneur +‎ -ie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛ.ɲœ.ʁi/, /se.ɲœ.ʁi/

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Noun

seigneurie f (plural seigneuries)

1. fiefdom, seigniory, lordship
2. (France history, Canada) feudal manor

Further reading

• “seigneurie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.