Seigneur

[1] In this sense, a seigneur could be an individual—male or female, high or low-born—or a collective entity, typically a religious community such as a monastery, seminary, college, or parish.

In the wake of the French Revolution, seigneurialism was repealed in France on 4 August 1789 and in the Province of Canada on 18 December 1854.

It is a doublet of the English words senior, sir, sire, seignior, sieur, and monsieur and shares the same provenance as the Italian signore, Portuguese senhor, and Spanish señor, which—like mister—referred to feudal lords before becoming general words of respectful address towards men.

The seigneur could be a noble or a roturier (commoner) as well as a corporation such as religious order, a monastery, a parish.

Some even use it in a stricter sense to refer to a man whose manners and way of life reflect his noble ancestry and great wealth.

The owners of the fiefs actually convene each year at the Court of Chief Pleas under the supervision of His Majesty's Government.