SENESCHAL
\sˈɛnɛst͡ʃə͡l], \sˈɛnɛstʃəl], \s_ˈɛ_n_ɛ_s_tʃ_əl]\
Definitions of SENESCHAL
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By James Champlin Fernald
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A steward or officer in the house of princes and dignitaries who arranged matters of ceremony, &c., as well as judged in certain cases.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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In the middle ages, a high steward; an officer who had the superintendence of feasts and domestic ceremonies in the houses of princes or high dignitaries; it afterwards came to signify other offices, as that of a judge, as the high seneschal of England.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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