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单词 signorial
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signorialadj.

Brit. /siːnˈjɔːrɪəl/, U.S. /sinˈjɔriəl/
Forms: 1500s–1600s signioriall, 1600s– signorial, 1700s– signiorial.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; partly modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: signory n., -al suffix1.
Etymology: < signory n. + -al suffix1. In sense ‘of or relating to the power of a feudal lord’ after Middle French, French seigneurial (see seignorial adj.); compare seignorial adj.
Now historical.
Of or relating to the power of a feudal lord. Also: of or relating to the governing body of an Italian republic (see signory n. 5).
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society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > jurisdiction or territory of specific rulers or nobles > [adjective] > relating to territory of feudal lord
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1598 I. D. tr. L. Le Roy Aristotles Politiques iii. iii. 145 There is a signoriall or maisterly gouernment [Fr. Il y a gouuernement seigneurial].
1653 T. Urquhart Logopandecteision v. 25 A Missive.., whereof the Superscription spoke not, To the most noble, high, and potent Earl, with other Signorial Titles.
1694 tr. E. Benoist Hist. Famous Edict of Nantes I. 533 All those..capable of holding or performing all Estates, Dignities, Offices,..either Royal, Signorial, or of the Cities of our Kingdom.
1756 Occas. Patriot 24 The Confusion..was occasioned by the King's disregarding the Distinction..between a signorial and a political Government.
1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature VI. cv. 450 The vexations of multiplied and undefined signorial tyranny are unfelt.
1825 Westm. Rev. July 7 The signorial sovereignty, which had the same origin and the same weight as the royal sovereignty, has been called anarchy.
1875 H. J. S. Maine Lect. Early Hist. Inst. v. 123 The legacy from tribal sovereignty to signorial privilege.
1883 J. A. Symonds Ital. Byways iv. 69 They regarded knighthood as a part of their signorial parade.
1918 W. Irwin Reporter at Armageddon xiv. 243 Next to the Signorial Palace is the Loggis dei Lanzi, a little gem of a gallery.
1971 A. Molho Florentine Public Finances iv. 64 Both attempts were made during the first half of the fourteenth century in the two interludes of signorial government.
2006 Law & Hist. Rev. 24 218 The disintegration of Carolingian public power..left bishops in control in cities, surrounded by rural signorial lordships.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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