seignorial

English

Alternative forms

• seignoral

Etymology

Old French *seignorial, from seignor (“master, lord”) + -ial (adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔːɹiəl

Adjective

seignorial (comparative more seignorial, superlative most seignorial)

1. In the Middle Ages, relating to or befitting of a nobleman.
   • 1919, Louise Seymour Houghton, Life of St. Francis of Assisi‎^[1]:

     Instead of bales of cloth he saw there only gleaming bucklers hanging on the walls, and arms of all kinds as in a seignorial castle.

Anagrams

• seignioral