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Definition of signory in English: signorynounPlural signories ˈsiːnjəriˈsēnyərē 1 another term for seigniory Example sentencesExamples - Venice retained the essential positions of her colonial empire in the Levant, Negrepont and Crete, and the strong citadels of Modon and Coron; her patrician families kept most of their signories in the Archipelago, as did the other Latin states in Greece which were products of the Crusade.
- It is assumed that the inspiration for the design of the manor came from Italian Late Gothic, above all urban towered signories and French Renaissance, specially the Renaissance Castles on the Loire.
- What were they really like to live in, those walled and towered cities of hill and plain, those republics and signories of thirteenth- and fourteenth-century Italy?
- In the meantime, Giovanni Toriglia, the Governor of Ischia, took advantage of the help he offered to Giovanni of Anjou and sacked Procida, the signory of which had been promised to him.
- Each county consisted of eight signories, one for each proprietor, eight baronies, four given to the county landgrave and two to each of its two cassiques, and four precincts of six colonies each for the others.
2historical The governing body of a medieval Italian republic. 〈史〉（中世纪意大利共和国的）执政团 Example sentencesExamples - The signory of Venice can, with all its force pay for 10,000 horsemen skilled in arms at home, and 5,000 abroad.
- The age of the comunes gave way to the age of the signories when Brescia came under the control of a succession of powerful families, including the Angioni, Visconti and Malatestas.
- Of medieval origin, it was long contested by various signories before, in 1442, together with nearby Carrara coming under the Malaspinas of Fosdinovo, later succeeded by the Cybo Malaspinas.
- The rule of the earls and the dukes of Urbino triggered a period of civil and cultural development that became apparent during the signory of Federico di Montefeltro.
- Very important were the relationships with Venice and with the signories of Malatesta and De Polenta, before the dominion of Papal State, from 1509 to 1859.
Definition of signory in US English: signorynounˈsēnyərē another term for seigniory Example sentencesExamples - Each county consisted of eight signories, one for each proprietor, eight baronies, four given to the county landgrave and two to each of its two cassiques, and four precincts of six colonies each for the others.
- Venice retained the essential positions of her colonial empire in the Levant, Negrepont and Crete, and the strong citadels of Modon and Coron; her patrician families kept most of their signories in the Archipelago, as did the other Latin states in Greece which were products of the Crusade.
- What were they really like to live in, those walled and towered cities of hill and plain, those republics and signories of thirteenth- and fourteenth-century Italy?
- It is assumed that the inspiration for the design of the manor came from Italian Late Gothic, above all urban towered signories and French Renaissance, specially the Renaissance Castles on the Loire.
- In the meantime, Giovanni Toriglia, the Governor of Ischia, took advantage of the help he offered to Giovanni of Anjou and sacked Procida, the signory of which had been promised to him.
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