seigneury

/seen-yuh-ree, seyn-/US // ˈsin yə ri, ˈseɪn- //UK // (ˈseɪnjərɪ) //

海口,海口市,玺印,玺玺

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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- : the domain of a seigneur.
- : land originally held by grant from the king of France.

Lady Margaret was her father's only heir; but she was far away, and a man with a strong arm was needed in that troubled seigneury.
At the same time the negotiations for the transfer of the seigneury of the island of Montreal were completed.
The seigneury of St. Sulpice, already granted, is included in this as part of the whole.
Such were the conditions at the Seigneury of Verchres when the Iroquois suddenly burst upon the place.
Before the last soldier had passed through the street, he was on his way to the Seigneury.