Usually means: Feudal lord's estate or manor.
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We found 17 dictionaries that define the word seigneury:

General (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. seigneury: Merriam-Webster
  2. seigneury: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. seigneury: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. seigneury: Collins English Dictionary
  5. seigneury: Vocabulary.com
  6. Seigneury, seigneury: Wordnik
  7. seigneury: Wiktionary
  8. seigneury: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. seigneury: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. seigneury: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. seigneury: Dictionary.com
  12. seigneury: Rhymezone
  13. seigneury: FreeDictionary.org
  14. seigneury: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. seigneury: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. seigneury: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. seigneury: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Seigneury)

▸ noun:  Alternative form of seigneurie [(history) An area governed by a seigneur (French noble).]

Similar:
seignory, signory, seigneurie, seignioralty, lordship, seigniory, sergeantry, seigniorship, grand serjeanty, seneschalty, more...

Opposite:
vassalage, serfdom, subjugation

Types:
fief, manor, demesne, seigniory, vassalage, more...

Adjectives:
ours, own, old, rural, feudal, last, french, vast, same, large, original

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Similar:
seignory, signory, seigneurie, seignioralty, lordship, seigniory, sergeantry, seigniorship, grand serjeanty, seneschalty, more...

Opposite:
vassalage, serfdom, subjugation

Types:
fief, manor, demesne, seigniory, vassalage, more...

Adjectives:
ours, own, old, rural, feudal, last, french, vast, same, large, original



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