signory
Americannoun
plural
signoriesnoun
Example Sentences
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The signory was made up of nine members, of which the superior trades furnished four and the inferior trades five members.
From Chit-Chat; Nirvana; The Searchlight by Holt, Mathew Joseph
The signory, seeing the urgency of the case, sent to the brotherhood, commanding them to surrender the prior, and the two Dominicans who had presented themselves in his stead to the trial by fire.
From Lives of the Necromancers by Godwin, William
Cardinal Wolsey is very anxious for the signory to send him a hundred Damascene carpets for which he has asked several times, and expected to receive them by the last galleys.
From Henry VIII and His Court 6th edition by Tree, Herbert
She was lady, by inheritance, of the signory.
From Notes and Queries, Number 179, April 2, 1853. A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by Bell, George
Charles, who was full of the Medici’s promises, made exorbitant demands, and finally presented an ultimatum to the signory, who rejected it.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" by Various
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