seneschalsy

noun

sen·​e·​schal·​sy

-sē,

-si

plural -es

1

: a district under a seneschal

the old royal administrative divisions of bailliages and seneschalsies

—D. W. S. Lidderdale

2

: the office of a seneschal

Word History

Etymology

Middle English seneschalcie, from Middle French, from Medieval Latin senescalcia, from senescalcus seneschal (from Old High German senescalh) + Latin -ia -y

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