seignorial

seignorial
/seen yawr"ee euhl, -yohr"-/, adj.
of or pertaining to a seignior.
Also, seignioral /seen"yeuhr euhl/, seigniorial /seen yawr"ee euhl, -yohr"-/, seignoral /seen"yeuhr euhl/.
[1810-20; seignor (var. of SEIGNIOR) + -IAL]

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