[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

seigniory \seign"iory\, n.; pl. -ies. oe. seignorie, of.
   seigneurie, f. seigneurie; cf. it. signoria.
   1. the power or authority of a lord; dominion.
      1913 webster

            o'neal never had any seigniory over that country but
            what by encroachment he got upon the english.
                                                  --spenser.
      1913 webster

   2. the territory over which a lord holds jurisdiction; a
      manor. written also seigneury, and seignory.
      1913 webster
see also:
-ies seigneury seignory 

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