Sēign'ior-y, n.

(seen'yur-y), n. [Fr. seigneurie, O. Fr. seignorie, Pr. & Pg. senhoria, Sp. señoría, It. segnori-, signoria.] 1. The power or authority of a lord; dominion. O'Neal never had any seigniory over that country but what he got by encroachment upon the English. Spencer. 2. A lordship; a manor. Davies.