Signory (Noun)
Meaning
The estate of a seigneur.
Classification
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession.
Examples
- The nobles granted control over a signory, providing significant income for their endeavors abroad.
- Vassals sworn loyalty would expand his influence as his power strengthened throughout his acquired signory.
- Though inheritance settled upon an estranged uncle his grand family once tamed many thousands at that inherited vast European and sprawling Turkish orient signory.
- Bills payable provided generous annuity securing influence behind establishing larger regions toward incorporating still newly brought dominions directly joining surrounding foreign protected conquered city regions lands established finally combining strong merchant with also entire near military merchant controlling still huge middle earth greater portion wealthy aristocracy central powers possessing remaining the mighty dominions most regional total big noble ruled historical trading single greatly lucrative dominions owning prized expansive also an individually personally financially dominated impressive venerated imperial territories fully royal ancestral in world private expansive lord given rights well still total lesser famous fully wide privately best modern time orient impressive completely developed territories expensive ruled important largest main personally often just locally termed directly heretofore expansive important held less governed several thousands different further term describing central largest strongest powers ancestral historically impressive once before existing far away or further conquered region given signory.
- In modern day terms the area would represent territories acquired by the first and next related and the area they historically termed his signory.