n. [ OF. seignor, F. seigneur, cf. It. signore, Sp. señor from an objective case of L. senier elder. See Senior. ] 1. A lord; the lord of a manor. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A title of honor or of address in the South of Europe, corresponding to Sir or Mr. in English. [ 1913 Webster ]

Grand Seignior, the sultan of Turkey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. seigneuriage, OF. seignorage. ] 1. Something claimed or taken by virtue of sovereign prerogative; specifically, a charge or toll deducted from bullion brought to a mint to be coined; the difference between the cost of a mass of bullion and the value as money of the pieces coined from it. [ 1913 Webster ]

If government, however, throws the expense of coinage, as is reasonable, upon the holders, by making a charge to cover the expense (which is done by giving back rather less in coin than has been received in bullion, and is called “levying a seigniorage”), the coin will rise to the extent of the seigniorage above the value of the bullion. J. S. Mill. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A share of the receipts of a business taken in payment for the use of a right, as a copyright or a patent. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to a seignior; seigneurial. “Kingly or seignioral patronage.” Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The territory or authority of a seignior, or lord. Milman. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Same as Seigneurial. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To lord it over. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

As proud as he that seigniorizeth hell. Fairfax. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. -ies [ OE. seignorie, OF. seigneurie, F. seigneurie; cf. It. signoria. ] 1. The power or authority of a lord; dominion. [ 1913 Webster ]

O'Neal never had any seigniory over that country but what by encroachment he got upon the English. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The territory over which a lord holds jurisdiction; a manor. [ Written also seigneury, and seignory. ] [ 1913 Webster ]