seigneury noun. ['seɪnjǝ:ri] Also seigneurie [sɛɲ:ri (pl. same)]. L17.
[French seigneurie (Old French seignorie) formed as SEIGNEUR: see -Y³. Cf. SEIGNIORY, SIGNORIA, SIGNORY.]
1. Hist. Esp. in France and Canada, a landed estate held by feudal tenure, the territory or domain of a seigneur. L17.

2. Esp. in the Channel Islands and Canada, the residence or mansion of a seigneur. L19.

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