seignurie
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Middle English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- seignourye, seignoriȝe, seigniorie, seynorie, seygnorie, seignorie, seignory, seygnorye, senyoury, senurie
Etymology[edit]
From Old French seignurie; equivalent to senyour + -ie.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
seignurie (plural seignuries)
- dominion, power
- lordship, rulership
- realm, domain
- (rare) nobility, lords
- (rare) comitatus, retainers
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “seignorīe, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Old French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
seignurie oblique singular, f (oblique plural seignuries, nominative singular seignurie, nominative plural seignuries)
- (Anglo-Norman) lordship (state of being a lord)
Descendants[edit]
- French: seigneurie
- → Middle English: seignurie
References[edit]
Categories:
- Middle English terms borrowed from Old French
- Middle English terms derived from Old French
- Middle English terms suffixed with -ie
- Middle English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Middle English lemmas
- Middle English nouns
- Middle English terms with rare senses
- enm:Feudalism
- enm:Government
- Old French terms suffixed with -ie
- Old French lemmas
- Old French nouns
- Old French feminine nouns
- Anglo-Norman