[1810–20; seignor (var. of seignior) + -ial]This word is first recorded in the period 1810–20. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: dominance, duplex, nihilism, technique, voodoo
Examples of 'seignorial' in a sentence
seignorial
On this reading, colonial proprietorship, notably in sugar, was seignorial in nature rather than bourgeois.
G. Roger Knight 2008, 'Descrying the bourgeoisie: Sugar, capital and state in the Netherlands Indies, circa1840-1884', Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkundehttp://www.kitlv-journals.nl/index.php/btlv/article/view/21. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)