noun
Meaning 1
The office of seneschal.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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seneschalty
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noun
Meaning 2
The term of office of a seneschal.
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noun
Meaning 3
The jurisdiction of a seneschal, particularly (historical) the district governed by a seneschal in Languedoc and Normandy in late medieval and early modern France.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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History
Etymology
From seneschal + -ty. In historical sense, under the influence of French sénéchaussée.
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Translations
2 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- French: sénéchausée — The jurisdiction or district of a seneschal
- Macedonian: сенеша́лство (senešálstvo) — The jurisdiction or district of a seneschal