Meaning
lordship, domain
- lordship, rule
- signoria, city-state (history)
- fief, domain
In a sentence
La signoria del castello è passata a sua figlia.
The lordship of the castle passed to his daughter.
Questa signoria comprendeva tre paesi e molti campi.
This fiefdom included three villages and many fields.
La signoria della villa è ancora della famiglia?
Is the lordship of the estate still the family's?
Word forms (2)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| signoria | feminine · singular |
| signorie | feminine · plural |
Usage notes
- Mostly historical or literary. In modern Italian, use signore/signora for forms of address, not signoria in everyday speech.
- Often capitalized as Signoria in old-fashioned formal address: Vostra Signoria. This sounds archaic, bureaucratic, or theatrical today.
- For the political sense, it refers to medieval Italian rule or regime; don't confuse it with signorile, which is an adjective.