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seigneurie

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From French seigneurie.

noun seigneuries · seigneury

  1. An area governed by a seigneur (French noble). Conventionally, seigneuries were divided between, first, the domain land […]; and, second, the tenures (or censives) which were divided among the peasantry and others.
  2. Canada The estate of a seigneur.
  3. The official residence of a Seigneur.

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@misc{seigneurie_2026,
  title = {seigneurie},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/seigneurie},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}