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- noun
lordship , especially in medieval Italian city states
Etymologies
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Examples
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"signoria" into a family possession, though leaving the burghers a share in the government.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 15: Tournely-Zwirner 1840-1916 1913
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Colliva, “Bologna dal XIV al XVIII secolo: ‘Governo misto’ o signoria senatoria?” in A.
Delizia! John Dickie 2008
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How has your signoria fared since we fought side by side at Lepanto?
Westward Ho! 2007
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I. ‘Per far visita a sua signoria, ecco il motivo.’
Lavengro 2004
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Nay, even the _signoria_ of the noble families do the same, as they walk through the gardens, and think them such a luxury that they eat them raw for breakfast.
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Assuredly the feeble signoria will not venture to refuse compliance.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 341, March, 1844 Various
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His son Borghese Petrucci, who succeeded him in the signoria, was in
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913
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Francesco Maria della Rovere (1508-38), his sister's child, and thus the signoria of Sinigaglia was united to Urbino.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 15: Tournely-Zwirner 1840-1916 1913
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We are going some day to hear the debates, but it has pleased their signoria to fix upon twelve (noon) for meeting, and really I do not dare to go out in the sun.
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We are going some day to hear the debates, but it has pleased their signoria to fix upon twelve (noon) for meeting, and really I do not dare to go out in the sun.
The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning Kenyon, Frederic G 1898
rolig commented on the word signoria
In Venice, this was the Doge's powerful council of six advisors.
August 14, 2008
rolig commented on the word signoria
Shakespeare transforms this word into signiory in Othello. In Act I, ii, Othello assures Iago that he has nothing to fear from Desdemona's father:
Let him do his spite:
My services which I have done the signiory
Shall out-tongue his complaints.
August 14, 2008