sénéchaussée
French
Alternative forms
- seneschaucie
Etymology
From earlier seneschaucie, from sénéchaux (“seneschals”) + -ie (“-y; -ty”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /se.ne.ʃo.se/
Noun
sénéchaussée f (plural sénéchaussées)
- a seneschalty: a district governed by a seneschal, particularly:
- (historical) the seneschalties of southern France and Normandy during the late medieval and early modern periods.
- (historical) the capital of a seneschalty; the seat of a seneschal
- (historical) the royal court headed by a seneschal
Related terms
- (its head): sénéchal
- (its northern equivalent): bailliage
Further reading
- “sénéchaussée”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.