seigneury
/ˈsɛnjəri/
noun
- The estate or domain of a feudal lord; a manor.
- The lord lived in a large house at the center of his seigneury.
- The seigneury covered thousands of acres of farmland and forest.
- Each seigneury had its own court to settle disputes among the tenants.
- The rank, authority, or power of a feudal lord.
- He inherited the seigneury after his father's death.
- The seigneury gave him the right to demand labor from the villagers.
- She exercised her seigneury with fairness and wisdom.