English

Noun

seneschalty ‎(countable and uncountable, plural seneschalties)

1. The office of seneschal.
2. The term of office of a seneschal.
3. The jurisdiction of a seneschal, particularly (historical) the district governed by a seneschal in Languedoc and Normandy in late medieval and early modern France.

Synonyms

• (office): seneschalship
• (term of office): seneschalship

See also

• (equivalent districts in northern France) bailiwick

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