sénéchaussée

French

Alternative forms

• seneschaucie

Etymology

From earlier seneschaucie, from sénéchaux (“seneschals”) + -ie (“-y; -ty”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /se.ne.ʃo.se/

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Noun

sénéchaussée f (plural sénéchaussées)

1. a seneschalty: a district governed by a seneschal, particularly:
   1. (historical) the seneschalties of southern France and Normandy during the late medieval and early modern periods.
2. (historical) the capital of a seneschalty; the seat of a seneschal
3. (historical) the royal court headed by a seneschal

Related terms

• (its head): sénéchal
• (its northern equivalent): bailliage

See also

• maréchaussée

Further reading

• “sénéchaussée”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.