seigniory

Other forms of seigniory

plural

seigniories·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about seigniory

What does seigniory mean?

seigniory means "the estate of a seigneur". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in seigniory?

seigniory has 4 syllables: se-ig-nio-ry. The stress falls on "ig".

What is another word for seigniory?

Close synonyms include seigneury, signory, seigneury, feudal lordship. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is seigniory a common word?

seigniory is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.