seigneurie
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From French seigneurie.
Noun[edit]
seigneurie (plural seigneuries)
- (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.
- (Canada) The estate of a seigneur.
- (Channel Islands) The official residence of a Seigneur.
Translations[edit]
an area governed by a seigneur
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle French, from Old French signorie. Equivalent to seigneur + -ie.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
seigneurie f (plural seigneuries)
Further reading[edit]
- “seigneurie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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