Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Seigniory \Seign"ior*y\, n.; pl. {-ies}. [OE. seignorie, OF.
seigneurie, F. seigneurie; cf. It. signoria.]
1. The power or authority of a lord; dominion.
O'Neal never had any seigniory over that country but
what by encroachment he got upon the English.
--Spenser.
2. The territory over which a lord holds jurisdiction; a
manor. [Written also {seigneury}, and {seignory}.]
Source : WordNet®
seigneury
n : the estate and power of a seigneur [syn: {seigniory}, {signory}]