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seigneury

[ seen-yuh-ree, seyn- ]

noun

  1. the domain of a seigneur.
  2. (in French Canada) land originally held by grant from the king of France.


seigneury

/ ˈɪəɪ /

noun

  1. the estate of a seigneur
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of seigneury1

1675–85; < French seigneurie; seigneur, -y 3
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Example Sentences

On the morrow there was let cry war in the seigneury of Heurne.

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Before long he abandoned an arena in which he was no longer the great central figure for dignified seclusion on his seigneury of Montebello beside the noble Ottawa.

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Sunshine reflected from the spires and towers of the town made a beacon of hope to the peasant as he laboured on the seigneuries leagues and leagues away.

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He retired to his seigneury of La Petite Nation at Montebello and devoted himself to his books.

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She divided the rich banks of the St. Lawrence and of the Richelieu into seigneuries; there population spread.

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