Seigneurie in A Sentence

    1

    During the whole of the middle ages Tournai was styled the "seigneurie de Tournaisis," and possessed a charter and special privileges of its own.

    2

    The elders (Anciens, commis, ou deputez par la seigneurie on consistoire) were regarded as the essential part of the system.

    3

    The lordship (seigneurie) of Albret (Labrit, Lebret), situated in the Landes, gave its name to one of the most powerful feudal families of France in the middle ages.