signoryn.

Brit.

/ˈsiːnjəri/, U.S.

/ˈsinjəri/

Forms: Middle English signiure, Middle English signorye, Middle English–1600s signorie, Middle English– signory, 1500s sygneoury, 1500s sygnorie, 1500s syngnory, 1500s–1600s signiorie, 1500s–1600s sygnory, 1500s– signiory, 1600s signeury, 1700s signieurie; also Scottish pre-1700 sigeniery, pre-1700 signery, pre-1700 signorie, pre-1700 signory, pre-1700 syngnory.

Origin: A borrowing from French; partly modelled on an Italian lexical item. Etymons: French signeurie, seigneurie.

Etymology: Originally < Anglo-Norman and Middle French signeurie, Middle French signerie, signorie, signourie, singnerie, variants of seigneurie, seignorie, seignourie, etc. (see seigniory n.). Subsequently influenced in form by Italian signoria seigniory n. Compare earlier seigniory n. and the Romance nouns cited at that entry.In quot. 1598 at sense 2b after Spanish señorio (1581 (in the passage translated) or earlier in this sense; 13th cent. in senses ‘domain, territory’ and ‘lordship, dominion’). In sense 5 after the corresponding sense of Italian signoria signoria n. In sense 4 after the corresponding senses of Italian signoria and (in later use) Spanish señoría (for both, see seigniory n.); compare signorship n.

1. A domain, territory, esp. one held by a feudal lord. Also figurative. Now rare (historical in later use).

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

c1400 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Trin. Cambr. R.3.14) (1960) A. ii. l. 66 Wiþ alle þe delites of lust þe deuil for to serue, In al þe signiure [a1500 Dublin 213 segoury; 1532 Digby siegnyourie] of slouþe I se[se] [MS set] hem togidere.

c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) cxiv. 404 To conquere agayne your herytage, londys, and sygnoryes.

1598 J. Stow Suruay of London 3 The state, comonalty, or Signiory of the Trinobantes.

1607 J. Davies Summa Totalis sig. D1 These thrust out Reason of her Signiorie (The Braines) where erst she sate in Siluer Throne.

1670 J. Milton Hist. Brit. i. 16 His Sons..won them Lands and Signories in Germany.

1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison V. xxix. 202 I shall take a view of the works projecting by the duke of Modena, in order to render his little Signory considerable.

1796 H. Hunter tr. J.-H. B. de Saint-Pierre Stud. Nature (1799) III. 673 They were empowered to receive gifts and bequests of money, houses, lands, signiories, nay even of slaves.

1807 La Belle Assemblée Aug. 16/2 The signories of Gehmen, Neustadt, and Rheda.

1864 Archaeologia Cambrensis 38 113 Before the reign of Henry VIII, the present shire of Glamorgan was composed of the signory of Glamorgan and the lordships of Gower and Cilvae.

1912 S. Carolina Hist. & Geneal. Mag. 13 119 Each of the eight Proprietors was to have a signiory of 12,000 acres in each and every county.

a. Lordship, dominion, rule. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > [noun] > chief authority or dominion

ealdordomeOE

lord-domeOE

lordshipeOE

aldershipOE

danger?c1225

seignioryc1290

demesnec1300

lordheada1325

lordshippingc1384

dominationc1386

subjectiona1393

signory?a1425

dominionc1430

signority1525

seigniority1596

dynasty1613

seigniorage1656

?a1425 (?a1350) T. Castleford Chron. (1940) l. 24465 (MED) To sum es gifen þe signorie Of northumbre and deirie Bitwex twede to vmbre and trent, To welde alle in his comandement.

c1480 (a1400) St. Vincent 106 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 262 Othir til our goddis sacrify & haf riches & sigeniery [sic].

1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1903) II. iii. xvii. 17 Quhat signorie, quhat wikkit empire is this..þat ȝe pretend?

1594 T. Kyd tr. R. Garnier Cornelia iii. iii. 107 Th' inextinguible thyrst of signiorie.

1614 W. Lithgow Most Delectable Disc. Peregrination sig. E2^v The Ilanders are Greekes..but the Signiory thereof belongeth to Venice.

1660 R. Atkyns Orig. & Growth Printing (single sheet) The Power and Signiory of this [sc. printing]..cannot be severed from the Crown.

1738 London Mag. Sept. 438/1 Neither Party is to make use of any such Preheminence, Right, or Signiory, so as to interrupt the Freedom of Navigation.

1787 J. Adams Def. Constit. Govt. U.S.A. II. iii. 305 The podesterate, or, as they chose to call it, the signory of Matthew de Maggi of Brescia.

1809 Cobbett's Compl. Coll. State Trials III. 992/1 When there was a treaty of peace between Baliol and Ed. the 1st, he refused to acknowledge the signory of England.

a1850 D. G. Rossetti Dante & Circle (1874) i. 232 My heart, my mind, and all my life, Are given in bondage to her signiory.

1901 Eng. Hist. Rev. 16 135 This intermediate step is, however, found in many other cases, especially in that of the signory of Charles of Anjou, which began with his election as podestà.

1922 E. R. Eddison Worm Ouroboros xxxiii. 428 These be the ladder's rungs that we..climbed up by to that signiory and principality which now we hold over the four corners of the world.

2003 S. Kelly New Solomon v. 232 He did not set foot in the city for the first seven months of his signory, allowing it to be overseen by his representatives.

b. Appearance, expression, bearing, etc., suggesting authority or supremacy; an instance of this. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pride > haughtiness or disdainfulness > [noun]

highnesseOE

orgelnessOE

orgelOE

orgula1200

hautainesse1297

deignoushedec1330

daina1400

hautesse1399

hautainetya1450

orgulitya1470

courage1484

haughtness1489

stateliness1509

stomacha1513

heighta1525

stiffness1526

fastidie1536

disdainfulness1548

loftiness1548

fastidiousness?1555

haughtiness1555

high-mindedness1571

squeamishness1580

hichtiness1596

morguec1598

signory1598

superciliosity1606

overliness1610

superciliousness1622

excelsity1623

hauteura1628

cavalierism1643

supercilium1657

condescendency1667

supercile1679

uncondescension1681

superbness1682

fastidiosity1704

condescension1752

aristocratism1792

aristocracy1822

patricianism1826

touch-me-not-ishness1836

cavalierishness1860

patronization1944

1598 B. Yong tr. A. Pérez 2nd Pt. Diana in tr. J. de Montemayor Diana 243 They sawe two louely Shepherdesses (though by their coye lookes shewing a kinde of signorie [Sp. señorio] and statelinesse aboue any other).

1856 E. B. Browning Aurora Leigh iv. 146 Among the gallery portraits of our Leighs, We shall not find a sweeter signory Than this pure forehead's.

1903 Harper's Mag. Feb. 44/2 Richly dressed, as his custom was, sitting a fine horse, he had the appearance of a lord of the earth, and took his signiory lightly.

†3. A group of retainers. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

a1500 (a1450) Generides (Trin. Cambr.) l. 6980 He was a man of grete renown, Sowdon of perce with all his signory.

4. = signorship n. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous forms of address or title > [noun] > for a man > in languages other than English

Messer1566

signory1585

signor1592

signore1594

mynheer1605

signorship1633

tuan1779

Bwana1860

meneer1899

oga1917

Thakin1920

sayyid1964

1585 tr. P. Galli Let. in True Declar. Horrible Treasons W. Parry 25 The Holines of our Lord hath seene the letter of your Signorie of the first with the assurance included.

1594 R. Carew tr. J. Huarte Exam. Mens Wits xiii. 225 Signore your signory shall vnderstand, that souldiers who haue enioyed the libertie of Italy, cannot content themselues to make abode in Spain.

1665 J. Davies tr. A. de Castillo Solórzano La Picara ii. 187 Give me leave to propose an expedient to you, out of the particular esteem I have for your Signory.

1775 G. M. A. Baretti Easy Phraseol. xvi. 54/1 How does your signiory?

1849 J. V. Huntington Lady Alice xi. 152/1 If your signory took no notice, I supposed that your signory had your reasons.

1880 tr. L. Leoni in Academy 3 Apr. 257/2 I need say no more to your Signory except that I beseech you to keep me alive in your memory.

1934 tr. in Musical Q. 20 40 The above-named petitioner seeks relief at the feet of your Most Illustrious Signory, pleading that..no other be empowered to print figured music in the land subject to Your Signory.

5. A ruling assembly, spec. the governing body of any of various Italian republics, esp. Venice. Cf. signoria n. Now historical.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > other national governing or legislative bodies > [noun] > of Italian republics

signoria1549

signory1604

1604 T. Wright Passions of Minde (new ed.) v. 159 The Arcadian signorie consider..the inhabitants..barbarous, sauage, and wild.

1612 W. Shute tr. T. de Fougasses Gen. Hist. Venice ii. 481 A goodly Church..whither the Signory and Clergy doe yeerely goe in procession.

1652 M. Nedham tr. J. Selden Of Dominion of Sea 99 The Venetians and their Signiory for very many ages have been and are in possession of the aforesaid Gulf.

1749 T. Nugent Grand Tour III. 147 The legislative authority is lodged in the great senate, consisting of the signory, and 400 noblemen and principal citizens, elected annually out of the freemen. The signory consists of the doge and twelve other members.

1821 Ld. Byron Marino Faliero (2nd issue) i. i. 5 But still the Signory is deep in council.

1837 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe I. iii. 244 The Palazzo Vecchio, in which the signiory of Florence held their councils.

1873 W. H. Dixon Hist. Two Queens IV. xx. viii. 108 ‘I hear on good authority,’ said Fisher to the Signory, ‘that Cardinal Wolsey is not now in favour of a divorce’.

1909 F. Schevill Siena xiv. 395 The family of Pius, the Piccolomini, belonged to the grandi, who..had been excluded from the signiory for almost two hundred years.

2002 Economist (Nexis) 21 Dec. This article features the English travails of..Andrea Trevisano, from the Signory of Venice.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	signory
释义	signoryn. Brit. /ˈsiːnjəri/, U.S. /ˈsinjəri/ Forms: Middle English signiure, Middle English signorye, Middle English–1600s signorie, Middle English– signory, 1500s sygneoury, 1500s sygnorie, 1500s syngnory, 1500s–1600s signiorie, 1500s–1600s sygnory, 1500s– signiory, 1600s signeury, 1700s signieurie; also Scottish pre-1700 sigeniery, pre-1700 signery, pre-1700 signorie, pre-1700 signory, pre-1700 syngnory. Origin: A borrowing from French; partly modelled on an Italian lexical item. Etymons: French signeurie, seigneurie. Etymology: Originally < Anglo-Norman and Middle French signeurie, Middle French signerie, signorie, signourie, singnerie, variants of seigneurie, seignorie, seignourie, etc. (see seigniory n.). Subsequently influenced in form by Italian signoria seigniory n. Compare earlier seigniory n. and the Romance nouns cited at that entry.In quot. 1598 at sense 2b after Spanish señorio (1581 (in the passage translated) or earlier in this sense; 13th cent. in senses ‘domain, territory’ and ‘lordship, dominion’). In sense 5 after the corresponding sense of Italian signoria signoria n. In sense 4 after the corresponding senses of Italian signoria and (in later use) Spanish señoría (for both, see seigniory n.); compare signorship n. 1. A domain, territory, esp. one held by a feudal lord. Also figurative. Now rare (historical in later use). 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 c1400 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Trin. Cambr. R.3.14) (1960) A. ii. l. 66 Wiþ alle þe delites of lust þe deuil for to serue, In al þe signiure [a1500 Dublin 213 segoury; 1532 Digby siegnyourie] of slouþe I se[se] [MS set] hem togidere. c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) cxiv. 404 To conquere agayne your herytage, londys, and sygnoryes. 1598 J. Stow Suruay of London 3 The state, comonalty, or Signiory of the Trinobantes. 1607 J. Davies Summa Totalis sig. D1 These thrust out Reason of her Signiorie (The Braines) where erst she sate in Siluer Throne. 1670 J. Milton Hist. Brit. i. 16 His Sons..won them Lands and Signories in Germany. 1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison V. xxix. 202 I shall take a view of the works projecting by the duke of Modena, in order to render his little Signory considerable. 1796 H. Hunter tr. J.-H. B. de Saint-Pierre Stud. Nature (1799) III. 673 They were empowered to receive gifts and bequests of money, houses, lands, signiories, nay even of slaves. 1807 La Belle Assemblée Aug. 16/2 The signories of Gehmen, Neustadt, and Rheda. 1864 Archaeologia Cambrensis 38 113 Before the reign of Henry VIII, the present shire of Glamorgan was composed of the signory of Glamorgan and the lordships of Gower and Cilvae. 1912 S. Carolina Hist. & Geneal. Mag. 13 119 Each of the eight Proprietors was to have a signiory of 12,000 acres in each and every county. 2. a. Lordship, dominion, rule. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > authority > [noun] > chief authority or dominion ealdordomeOE lord-domeOE lordshipeOE aldershipOE danger?c1225 seignioryc1290 demesnec1300 lordheada1325 lordshippingc1384 dominationc1386 subjectiona1393 signory?a1425 dominionc1430 signority1525 seigniority1596 dynasty1613 seigniorage1656 ?a1425 (?a1350) T. Castleford Chron. (1940) l. 24465 (MED) To sum es gifen þe signorie Of northumbre and deirie Bitwex twede to vmbre and trent, To welde alle in his comandement. c1480 (a1400) St. Vincent 106 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 262 Othir til our goddis sacrify & haf riches & sigeniery [sic]. 1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1903) II. iii. xvii. 17 Quhat signorie, quhat wikkit empire is this..þat ȝe pretend? 1594 T. Kyd tr. R. Garnier Cornelia iii. iii. 107 Th' inextinguible thyrst of signiorie. 1614 W. Lithgow Most Delectable Disc. Peregrination sig. E2^v The Ilanders are Greekes..but the Signiory thereof belongeth to Venice. 1660 R. Atkyns Orig. & Growth Printing (single sheet) The Power and Signiory of this [sc. printing]..cannot be severed from the Crown. 1738 London Mag. Sept. 438/1 Neither Party is to make use of any such Preheminence, Right, or Signiory, so as to interrupt the Freedom of Navigation. 1787 J. Adams Def. Constit. Govt. U.S.A. II. iii. 305 The podesterate, or, as they chose to call it, the signory of Matthew de Maggi of Brescia. 1809 Cobbett's Compl. Coll. State Trials III. 992/1 When there was a treaty of peace between Baliol and Ed. the 1st, he refused to acknowledge the signory of England. a1850 D. G. Rossetti Dante & Circle (1874) i. 232 My heart, my mind, and all my life, Are given in bondage to her signiory. 1901 Eng. Hist. Rev. 16 135 This intermediate step is, however, found in many other cases, especially in that of the signory of Charles of Anjou, which began with his election as podestà. 1922 E. R. Eddison Worm Ouroboros xxxiii. 428 These be the ladder's rungs that we..climbed up by to that signiory and principality which now we hold over the four corners of the world. 2003 S. Kelly New Solomon v. 232 He did not set foot in the city for the first seven months of his signory, allowing it to be overseen by his representatives. b. Appearance, expression, bearing, etc., suggesting authority or supremacy; an instance of this. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > haughtiness or disdainfulness > [noun] highnesseOE orgelnessOE orgelOE orgula1200 hautainesse1297 deignoushedec1330 daina1400 hautesse1399 hautainetya1450 orgulitya1470 courage1484 haughtness1489 stateliness1509 stomacha1513 heighta1525 stiffness1526 fastidie1536 disdainfulness1548 loftiness1548 fastidiousness?1555 haughtiness1555 high-mindedness1571 squeamishness1580 hichtiness1596 morguec1598 signory1598 superciliosity1606 overliness1610 superciliousness1622 excelsity1623 hauteura1628 cavalierism1643 supercilium1657 condescendency1667 supercile1679 uncondescension1681 superbness1682 fastidiosity1704 condescension1752 aristocratism1792 aristocracy1822 patricianism1826 touch-me-not-ishness1836 cavalierishness1860 patronization1944 1598 B. Yong tr. A. Pérez 2nd Pt. Diana in tr. J. de Montemayor Diana 243 They sawe two louely Shepherdesses (though by their coye lookes shewing a kinde of signorie [Sp. señorio] and statelinesse aboue any other). 1856 E. B. Browning Aurora Leigh iv. 146 Among the gallery portraits of our Leighs, We shall not find a sweeter signory Than this pure forehead's. 1903 Harper's Mag. Feb. 44/2 Richly dressed, as his custom was, sitting a fine horse, he had the appearance of a lord of the earth, and took his signiory lightly. †3. A group of retainers. Obsolete. ΚΠ a1500 (a1450) Generides (Trin. Cambr.) l. 6980 He was a man of grete renown, Sowdon of perce with all his signory. 4. = signorship n. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous forms of address or title > [noun] > for a man > in languages other than English Messer1566 signory1585 signor1592 signore1594 mynheer1605 signorship1633 tuan1779 Bwana1860 meneer1899 oga1917 Thakin1920 sayyid1964 1585 tr. P. Galli Let. in True Declar. Horrible Treasons W. Parry 25 The Holines of our Lord hath seene the letter of your Signorie of the first with the assurance included. 1594 R. Carew tr. J. Huarte Exam. Mens Wits xiii. 225 Signore your signory shall vnderstand, that souldiers who haue enioyed the libertie of Italy, cannot content themselues to make abode in Spain. 1665 J. Davies tr. A. de Castillo Solórzano La Picara ii. 187 Give me leave to propose an expedient to you, out of the particular esteem I have for your Signory. 1775 G. M. A. Baretti Easy Phraseol. xvi. 54/1 How does your signiory? 1849 J. V. Huntington Lady Alice xi. 152/1 If your signory took no notice, I supposed that your signory had your reasons. 1880 tr. L. Leoni in Academy 3 Apr. 257/2 I need say no more to your Signory except that I beseech you to keep me alive in your memory. 1934 tr. in Musical Q. 20 40 The above-named petitioner seeks relief at the feet of your Most Illustrious Signory, pleading that..no other be empowered to print figured music in the land subject to Your Signory. 5. A ruling assembly, spec. the governing body of any of various Italian republics, esp. Venice. Cf. signoria n. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > other national governing or legislative bodies > [noun] > of Italian republics signoria1549 signory1604 1604 T. Wright Passions of Minde (new ed.) v. 159 The Arcadian signorie consider..the inhabitants..barbarous, sauage, and wild. 1612 W. Shute tr. T. de Fougasses Gen. Hist. Venice ii. 481 A goodly Church..whither the Signory and Clergy doe yeerely goe in procession. 1652 M. Nedham tr. J. Selden Of Dominion of Sea 99 The Venetians and their Signiory for very many ages have been and are in possession of the aforesaid Gulf. 1749 T. Nugent Grand Tour III. 147 The legislative authority is lodged in the great senate, consisting of the signory, and 400 noblemen and principal citizens, elected annually out of the freemen. The signory consists of the doge and twelve other members. 1821 Ld. Byron Marino Faliero (2nd issue) i. i. 5 But still the Signory is deep in council. 1837 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe I. iii. 244 The Palazzo Vecchio, in which the signiory of Florence held their councils. 1873 W. H. Dixon Hist. Two Queens IV. xx. viii. 108 ‘I hear on good authority,’ said Fisher to the Signory, ‘that Cardinal Wolsey is not now in favour of a divorce’. 1909 F. Schevill Siena xiv. 395 The family of Pius, the Piccolomini, belonged to the grandi, who..had been excluded from the signiory for almost two hundred years. 2002 Economist (Nexis) 21 Dec. This article features the English travails of..Andrea Trevisano, from the Signory of Venice. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1400
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