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seigneurial
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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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adj.
of or relating to a seigneur or seigneury.
See: seigneurial system
Quotations
1765
To be Sold, the Lands and Seigniory of Neuville . . . with all the seigniorial Rights thereunto annexed.
1832
We hesitate not to say, that should their example be generally followed throughout the country, the whole Seignorial fabric would be crushed to the atomes, by the general resistance of the people to its slavish charges and requirements.
1962
There was fine French-Canadian food, based on fish and venison, in seigneurial times... .