Definition of "seigneurie" [seigneurie]

• An area governed by a seigneur. (noun)
• The estate of a seigneur. (noun)
• The official residence of a Seigneur. (noun)

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• "For this he paid an annual homage to the seigneur of “1 sol in ‘cens,’ 3 live capons and 9 silver livres in ‘rentes,’ and 9 days of work on the seigneurie.”"
• "Kind and tempting was the invitation to prolong my stay at the See House; enticing was the prospect offered me of a visit to a seigneurie on the Ottawa; and it was with very great reluctance that, after a sojourn of only one day, I left this abode of refinement and hospitality, and the valued friends who had received me with so much kindness, for a tedious journey to New"
• "Be assured that were the great Turk this very day to offer me the lordship (seigneurie) of Jerusalem, I would positively decline it."