seigneur
Manor's ruling noble
A seigneur is a feudal lord—someone who holds land and exercises authority over the people living on it.
The term appears most often in discussions of medieval France or French Canada, where the seigneurial system persisted into the nineteenth century: The seigneur collected rent from tenant farmers.
The word carries connotations of aristocratic privilege and paternalistic control.
Land-holding sworn subordinate
- fiefGranted feudal estate
- homageExpression of deep respect
- liegeFeudal superior or subject
- fealtyPledged devotion to authority
demesne · suzerainty · manorialism · serfdom · overlordship · villein · escheat · tithe
Person of noble birth
- lordshipNoble rank or domain
- nobilityTitled ruling class
- peerageSystem of noble ranks
- dukeHighest-ranking nobleman
baron · count · marquis · blueblood · patrician · lineage · dynasty · birthright
Landed aristocratic residence
- châteauFrench country mansion
- demesneLord's private estate
- domainArea of control
- estateProperty and grounds
seigneury · landholding · grounds · tenant · rent · mill · forest · vineyard
Authority to rule
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
- lordshipNoble rank or domain
- powerEnergy transfer rate
rule · command · governance · supremacy · control · prerogative · privilege · tribute
vassal
Land-holding sworn subordinate
fealty · demesne · suzerainty · manorialism · serfdom · overlordship · villein · escheat · tithe · banneret
aristocrat
Person of noble birth
duke · baron · count · marquis · blueblood · patrician · lineage · dynasty · birthright · primacy
manor
Landed aristocratic residence
estate · seigneury · landholding · grounds · tenant · rent · mill · forest · vineyard · peasantry
dominion
Authority to rule
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
- lordshipNoble rank or domain
power · rule · command · governance · supremacy · control · prerogative · privilege · tribute · obeisance
- noblesbaron, baroness, count, countess, duke
- feudalismfief, vassal, fealty, homage, lord
- QuebecQuebec City, Montreal, premier, National Assembly, premiers
- feudal lordsbaron, count, earl, duke, lord
- French Nobilitycomte, marquis, baron, baroness, countess
- Lordslord, liege, overlord, feudal lord, lord of the manor