1. A lord; the lord of a manor.
2. A title of honor or of address in the South of Europe, corresponding to Sir or Mr. in English. Grand Seignior, the sultan of Turkey.
SEIGNIORAGE
Seign"ior*age, n. Etym: [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. 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.
2. A share of the receipts of a business taken in payment for the use of a right, as a copyright or a patent.
SEIGNIORAL
Seign"ior*al, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to a seignior; seigneurial. "Kingly or seignioral patronage." Burke.
SEIGNIORALTY
Seign"ior*al*ty, n.
Defn: The territory or authority of a seignior, or lord. Milman.
SEIGNIORIAL
Seign*io"ri*al, a.