| 释义 |
seneschalsy Fr. Hist.|ˈsɛnɪʃəlsɪ|
Forms: 5 seneschalcie, 7 seneschalsie, 7, 9 seneschalcy, 7– seneschalsy.
[a. OF. seneschalcie, ad. med.L. seniscalcia, f. seniscalcus seneschal.]
1. A territory under the government of a seneschal. Cf. seneschalty.
1475Bk. Noblesse (Roxb.) 38 [So he] toke the homages of alle the vassallis and subgettis in the seneschalcie of Agenois. 1700Tyrrell Hist. Eng. II. 707 Out of whose hands he had taken..the Seneschalsy of Anjou. 1837Carlyle Fr. Rev. I. iv. ii, By Bailliages, by Seneschalsies, in whatsoever form men convene.
2. a. The administrative seat of a seneschal. b. The office of seneschal.
1652Heylin Cosmogr. i. 181 An Episcopall See, and the Seneschalsie for all the Countrie of Begorre. 1898Eng. Hist. Rev. Jan. 137 He believes the evidence may be trusted..of the Count of Anjou's claim to the seneschalcy. |