Definition of "signory" [signory]

• See seigniory. (noun)

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• "The next election to the signory (governing body) favored the Medici, and Cosimo was recalled (1434)."
• "His father had equipped seven hundred heavy men at arms for him, and, August 18th, the Venetian ambassador reported to the signory that he had been requested by the Pope to ask the Doge to withdraw their protection from"
• "Venetian ambassador, first mentioned the project to his signory November"