\Seign"ior*y\, n.; pl. {-ies}. [OE. seignorie, OF.
seigneurie, F. seigneurie; cf. It. signoria.]
1. 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.
                                               --Spenser.
2. The territory over which a lord holds jurisdiction; a
   manor. [Written also {seigneury}, and {seignory}.]