Seigneury is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for SEIGNEURY in dictionary:

NOUN:
• esp. in France and Canada, a landed estate held by feudal tenure, the territory or domain of a seigneur, also SEIGNEURIE
• a feudal lordship; the position, authority, or domain of a feudal lord
• estate of a seigneur
• the estate of a seigneur
• the position and authority of a feudal lord
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• the territory under the government of a feudal lord; a landed estate held in Canada by feudal tenure until 1854

Words related to SEIGNEURY

seigneurie11 seigneuries12

How to use SEIGNEURY in a sentence

• The seigneury of Sorel was well peopled, for each grantee received only sixty acres and a town lot, taking the rest of his allotment in some of the newer settlements.
• His seigneury lies on the Richelieu, a little south of Fort St.
• The seigneury which he acquired was one of the most dangerous spots in the whole colony, being right in the path of Iroquois attack.
• Having no other means of obtaining funds with which to equip an expedition, La Salle sold his seigneury and at once began his preparations.
• He merely applied to the intendant, who was quite willing to endow with a seigneury any one who appeared likely to get it cleared and ready for future settlers.
• Sons and daughters of the seigneurs often intermarried with those of habitants in the seigneury or of traders in the towns.

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