seigniory

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)The estate of a feudal lord.

   “Robert of Artoys baniſht though thou be, / From Fraunce thy natiue Country, yet with vs, / Thou ſhalt retayne as great a Seigniorie: / For vve create thee Earle of Richmond heere, […]”

   “A third Seignorie or Shire there is that goeth to Apamia, vvhich in old time vvas called Celænæ, and aftervvards Ciboron: […]”

2. (countable, uncountable)The power or authority of a lord; dominion.

   “O'Neal never had any seigniory over that country but what by encroachment he got upon the English.”

3. (countable, historical, uncountable)The elders forming the municipal council in a medieval Italian republic.
4. (countable, uncountable)The lordship (authority) remaining to a grantor after the grant of an estate in fee simple.