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Examples of seigniory
seigniory
The seigniory of Arsur was leased to the Military Order of the Hospitallers in 1261.
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As an old man he retired to the Abbey of Clairvaux, entrusting the seigniory to his nephew Matteo.
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At that time it passed back to Genoa until 1484, when it was annexed to the Medici held seigniory of Florence.
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The duchy was also at this time enlarged by the acquisition of Aquino and Arpino, becoming a truly autonomous seigniory only nominally dependent on the Kingdom of Naples.
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- Seigneury: the estate of a seigneur
- The position and authority of a feudal lord
- In English law, Seignory or seigniory (French seigneur, lord; Latin senior, elder), the lordship (authority) remaining to a grantor after the grant of an estate in fee simple.
- (Seigniories) Large portions of land belonging to a Seignior or Lord, and occupied by his workers.
- Seigniory A feudal domain. Also to have power or authority over, as sovereign lord.
