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signory

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si·gno·ry or si·gnio·ry  (sny-r)
n. pl. si·gno·ries or si·gnio·ries
See seigniory.
[Middle English signorie, from Old French seigneurie, from seigneur, seignior; see seignior.]
signory [ˈsiːnjərɪ]
n pl -gnories
a variant spelling of seigniory
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Noun1.signory - the estate of a seigneur
seigneury, seigniory
acres, demesne, landed estate, estate, land - extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use; "the family owned a large estate on Long Island"


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I heard to-day at Pisa That certain of the English merchants there Would sell their woollens at a lower rate Than the just laws allow, and have entreated The Signory to hear them.
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