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signory
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun signory has 1 sense
- signory(n = noun.possession) seigneury, seigniory - the estate of a seigneur; Array is a kind of acres, demesne, estate, land, landed estate
OXFORD DICTIONARY
signory, n. (pl. -ies)
1 = SEIGNIORY.
2 hist. the governing body of a medieval Italian republic.
1 = SEIGNIORY.
2 hist. the governing body of a medieval Italian republic.
Etymology
ME f. OF s(e)ignorie (as SEIGNEUR)
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