seigniory

noun

variants or seignory
Definition of seigniorynext
as in duchy

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for seigniory
  1. duchy
  2. principality
  3. kingdom
  4. domain
  5. empire
  6. dominion
  7. republic
  8. sovereign
Noun
  • Some are now demanding the royals reimburse the NHS — and even ditch the duchies altogether.
    Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 5 Nov. 2024
  • The outlet said that the duchies earned about $65 million last year, with the Duchy of Lancaster driving about $35 million for the King and the Duchy of Cornwall making about $30 million for William.
    Janine Henni, People.com, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of duchy
Noun
  • Princess Charlene and Princess Gabriella of Monaco are celebrating the principality's National Day in mother-daughter style that's totally très chic.
    Janine Henni, People.com, 19 Nov. 2024
  • Over the next 200 years, in much the same way, many nation-states would replace principalities, kingdoms, empires, and colonies that had existed for centuries.
    Mark Mazower, Foreign Affairs, 24 Aug. 2021
Definition of principality
Noun
  • With the kingdom heavily reliant on migrant labor to build its World Cup infrastructure, international rights organizations are warning that the lessons from Qatar's 2022 World Cup have not been learned.
    Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
  • All seems well as Helm convenes a meeting of Rohan’s great houses meant to map out a plan for the kingdom’s future.
    Charles Pulliam-Moore, The Verge, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of kingdom
Noun
  • Think of an organization in any domain that has achieved something big in the last few decades.
    Adam Fayed, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • The imposter site was created by a company called Namecheap Inc. on Nov. 22, a week before the Instagram video was shared, according to the domain information tool WHOIS.
    Hannah Hudnall, USA TODAY, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of domain
Noun
  • Barring a successful appeal, the decision ensures Murdoch's media empire will be left equally to his four oldest children, who are not all ideologically aligned with the conservative views of Rupert and Lachlan.
    Sara Fischer, Axios, 9 Dec. 2024
  • For the Romans, who added Egypt to the empire after Cleopatra’s suicide, the queen was the exotic seducer of both Julius Caesar and Mark Anthony.
    Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of empire
Noun
  • The Trees Arrive Around 50 Million Years Later While sharks expanded their dominion of the seas, the land was barren and inhospitable, with even small plants struggling to gain a foothold.
    Scott Travers, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
  • For now, the pod of orcas continues its dominion over the southern Gulf of California.
    Alexa Robles-Gil, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of dominion
Noun
  • That year was in the middle of the Interregnum, a period when Britain was a republic without a king.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Nov. 2024
  • There are various plots to overthrow the emperors and either wrest control and put the empire in the hands of a single man or return Rome to its days as a republic.
    Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 20 Nov. 2024
Definition of republic
Noun
  • The sovereign established the charity in 1990 to create improved communities where people, places and the planet can coexist.
    Janine Henni, People.com, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Increasingly, sovereigns are not renewing treaties or trying to change the terms to limit the circumstances in which claims may be brought.
    John Quinn, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
Definition of sovereign
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