单词 | seigneury |
释义 | seigneuryn. Historical. 1. a. French History. A territory under the government of a seigneur. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > jurisdiction or territory of specific rulers or nobles > [noun] > of feudal lord seigniory1338 signoryc1515 district1611 lordship marcher1613 commot1628 commanderya1641 ligialty1651 distressa1658 seigneury1683 commendatory1762 1683 Apol. Protestants France ii. 22 They have turn'd out of all Jurisdictions and Seignuries (which are almost infinite in France) all Protestants who had been admitted Officers in those Jurisdictions. 1763 Ld. Holland in J. H. Jesse G. Selwyn & his Contemp. (1843) I. 269 Here is a large and good house..in the midst of a most extensive seigneurie. 1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 453 The chatelleine or seigneurie of Lille alone makes annually between 30,000 and 40,000 barrels. 1859 C. M. Yonge Cameos liii, in Monthly Packet Sept. 226 The seigneurie of Gavre, which lay near his own castle of Blein. b. In Canada: a landed estate held (until 1854) by feudal tenure. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > jurisdiction or territory of specific rulers or nobles > [noun] > of feudal lord > in Canada seigneury1903 society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > a legal holding > [noun] > a feudal holding or fief feec1330 feoffmentc1330 servicec1390 fief1611 feud1614 feudatoryc1660 benefice1753 fee-estate1775 feu1791 feudality1800 fiefdom1814 seigneury1903 1903 Times 12 Dec. 8/6 His father, from whom he inherited the seigneurie[of Montebello, Quebec], was the most prominent French leader of the rising of 1837. 2. a. In Canada, the mansion of a seigneur. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > a house > types of house > [noun] > manor house hallc1000 boroughc1175 court1297 manorc1300 palacec1300 mansion1375 placea1387 manor-place1392 chemis1408 head-place1463 mansion place1473 manse1490 court-hall1552 manery1563 manor house1575 seat1607 country seat1615 great house1623 mansion house1651 country house1664 manor-seata1667 place-house1675 mansion-seat1697 hall-house1702 big house1753 ha'-house1814 manoir1830 manor hall1840 yashiki1863 seigneury1895 stately home1934 stately2009 1895 G. Parker When Valmond came to Pontiac (1896) vi. 115 The old sergeant went to the Seigneury, knocked, and was admitted to a room where were seated the young Seigneur, Medallion, and the avocat. 1895 Outing 26 415/2 As he passed one of the cottages within half a mile of the seigneurie, the sound of a piano made him stop short. b. In the Channel Islands, the residence of a Seigneur (sense c). ΚΠ 1935 E. Platt Sark as I found It ix. 65 The Seigneurie must always be the centre of entertaining in Sark. 1978 Times Lit. Suppl. 26 May 572/5 There is a nice photograph of him in a group of them outside the Seigneurie, looking as if there is a nasty smell under his nose. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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