seignorial

[ seen-yawr-ee-uhl, -yohr- ]

adjective

1. of or relating to a seignior.

Other Words From

• un·seignior·al adjective
• unsei·gnori·al adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of seignorial¹

1810–20; seignor (variant of seignior ) + -ial

Example Sentences

Twenty years ago, the seignorial Gianfranco Ferré was succeeded by the mercurial John Galliano, who was fired ignominiously for an anti-Semitic rant, in 2011.

From The New Yorker

With its double row of centenarian chestnut trees and its seignorial mansions, the street looked like an improbable setting for such a modest vehicle, but when it pulled up before my grandfather’s house it fit in very well.

From Literature

In response to Clara’s imagination and the requirements of the moment, the noble, seignorial architecture began sprouting all sorts of extra little rooms, staircases, turrets, and terraces.

From Literature

In the appeals which came ever more thickly crowding into the Parlement from every quarter, the mailed baron found himself hopelessly entangled in the legal intricacies which were robbing him of his seignorial rights almost without his knowledge; and the Ordonnances, or general laws, which emanated from the throne, were constantly encroaching on old privileges, weakening local jurisdictions, and giving to the whole country a body of jurisprudence in which the crown combined both the legislative and the executive functions.

From Project Gutenberg

Thus long before the feudal and seignorial courts felt the influence of the imperial jurisprudence, it had profoundly modified the principles and practice of ecclesiastical procedure.

From Project Gutenberg