Seignorial
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 In the Middle Ages, relating to or befitting of a nobleman.
"Instead of bales of cloth he saw there only gleaming bucklers hanging on the walls, and arms of all kinds as in a seignorial castle."
Example
More examples"Instead of bales of cloth he saw there only gleaming bucklers hanging on the walls, and arms of all kinds as in a seignorial castle."
Etymology
Old French *seignorial, from seignor (“master, lord”) + -ial (adjectival suffix).