seigneury
Americannoun
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the domain of a seigneur.
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(in French Canada) land originally held by grant from the king of France.
noun
Etymology
Origin of seigneury
Example Sentences
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Thus Jacques Le Ber, a bourgeois of Montreal who made a comfortable fortune out of the fur trade, bought a seigneury and then acquired the rank of gentilhomme by paying six thousand livres for it.
From The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism by Munro, William Bennett
In the early morning the habitant repaired to the seigneury to assist in erecting the May-pole.
From Old Quebec The Fortress of New France by Bryan, Claude Glennon
From this identification of the parish and seigneury came some interesting results.
From The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism by Munro, William Bennett
Two years later this recognition came in the form of a royal decree which elevated the seigneury of Longueuil to the dignity of a barony, and made its owner the Baron de Longueuil.
From The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism by Munro, William Bennett
The fortified citadel of the seigneury was built on the site of a Gallo-Roman camp, or castrum, the castrum on that of a Gallic oppidum.
From The Roof of France by Betham-Edwards, Matilda
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