seignoral, a. Hist.
(ˈseɪnjərəl)
Also 7–9 seignioral.
[f. seignior + -al1.]
= seignorial; cf. seigneurial.
| 1627 in Rushw. Hist. Coll. (1659) I. 508 And yet it was by him thus said..That the Kings of England always have had a Monarchy Royal and not a Monarchy Seignoral. 1658 Cleveland Rustick Rampant 149 A Tyrannie after the Turkish mode, a Monarchy seignioral. 1790 Burke Fr Rev. (ed. 2) 219 The bishopricks and cures, under kingly and seignoral patronage,..are sometimes acquired by unworthy methods. 1809 Ann. Reg., St. Papers 733/2 All seignioral courts of justice are abolished in Spain. 1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 5 June 4/1 The history of Chantilly as a seignoral residence goes back to a very early period. |