Examples of 'seigneur' in a sentence
Meaning of "seigneur"
seigneur (noun): A feudal lord or nobleman, especially in France or Quebec. The term historically denotes a man of rank or authority
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- A feudal lord or noble in French contexts.
- The hereditary feudal ruler of Sark.
- A landowner in Canada; the holder of a seigneurie.
- A hereditary title in the Bailiwick of Jersey.
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From the beginning he proved a capitalist seigneur.
Methinks we have got a seigneur instead of a warden in a tower.
Seigneur and his little court.
The word seignorage is also derived from seigneur.
The seigneur had both onerous and honorary rights.
Is it any wonder that the seigneur.
Nulle terre sans seigneur was one of the fundamental axioms of feudalism.
Cesare quel grand seigneur.
Seigneur of the island.
Founder and grand seigneur.
Je suis le seigneur du chateau.
In some others the seigneur.
Methinks we ve truly got a seigneur now instead of just a warden in the tower.
Fraser was an absentee seigneur.
For all answer the young seigneur made a gesture of horror.
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Just below them were those with the lesser rank of chevalier or seigneur.
In return they had to pay the seigneur pasturage dues.
Parish priest and seigneur worked together when new parishes were being created.
Quand du seigneur.
The tenant paid his dues as a recognition of his dependence on the seigneur.
Methinks we have truly got a seigneur now instead of just a warden in the tower.
The city adopted the name of the original seigneur of the area.
The seigneur was obliged to build and maintain a mill for grinding the grain.
He was also a seigneur.
She said when the seigneur gets tired of hunting deer and wild pig.
Is called a seigneur.
An early seigneur built a simple castle with a donjon and outbuildings surrounded by fences and ditches.
But he owes the Seigneur his life.
He was born in Quernes where his father was seigneur.
The Seigneur saw him and bought him.
The tomb of an unidentified Rohan seigneur.
The Seigneur is keeper of the peace on his domains.
The ruins of the chateau du Seigneur.
Droit de seigneur literally lost its head in France.
Her life was now the life of the Seigneur.
The good seigneur of Montragoux was not overlooked in these games.
It was the will of the late Seigneur.
Seigneur They tell me you are being diligent on the part of the pig.
The proceeds from doing this were then paid directly to the Seigneur.
Seigneur One of a group of individuals who held land directly from the king.
This construction caused a major controversy with the neighboring seigneur of Kermorvan.
Seigneur Half that or they can take it to Paris.
He is burned at the stake for setting the house of Seigneur Simenon on fire.
Geoffrey was also Seigneur of Mondoubleau by virtue of his marriage.
At that time the château was listed as a fortified farm presided over by a Seigneur.
A lively discussion on the rights and responsibilities of the Seigneur and the censitaire will follow.
The title Seigneur was not hereditary.
The Seneschal will be appointed by committee chair by the Seigneur.
The Seigneur of Sark is the civic head and representative of the Island.
He was the last person to hold the title of Seigneur of Contrecoeur.
