English

Alternative forms

• seigneury

Noun

seigneurie ‎(plural seigneuries)

1. (French historical) An area governed by a seigneur.
   • 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 153:

     Conventionally, seigneuries were divided between, first, the domain land [...]; and, second, the tenures (or censives) which were divided among the peasantry and others.

2. (Canada) The estate of a seigneur.
3. (Channel Islands) The official residence of a Seigneur.

French

Etymology

Middle French, from Old French signorie. See seigneur, -ie.

Pronunciation

Noun

seigneurie f ‎(plural seigneuries)

1. (French historical) seigneurie
2. seigniory; fiefdom, domain