Britannica online encyclopedia article on droit du seigneur (feudal law), (French: “right of the lord”), a feudal right said to have existed in medieval Europe giving the lord to whom it belonged the right to sleep the first night with the bride of any one of his vassals. ... (French: “right of the lord”),
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Definition of droit du seigneur in the Online Dictionary. Meaning of droit du seigneur. Pronunciation of droit du seigneur. Translations of droit du seigneur. droit du seigneur synonyms, droit du seigneur antonyms. ... drogue chute; drogue parachute; Droh; Droil; droit; Droit d'aubaine; droit de suite; droit du seigneur;
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The right of the first night--also known as jus primae noctis (law of the first night), droit du seigneur (the lord's right), etc.--has been the subject of locker-room humor and a fair amount of scholarly debate for centuries.
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Definition of droit du seigneur from Webster's New World College Dictionary. Meaning of droit du seigneur. Pronunciation of droit du seigneur. Definition of the word droit du seigneur. Origin of the word droit du seigneur. ... Dictionary Home » Webster's New World College Dictionary » droit du seigneur...
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A discussion of the droit du seigneur, or the 'right of the lord.' ... Legend: Under a law known as the droit du seigneur ("right of the lord"), medieval noblemen had the right to spend the first night with newly-wedded brides in their fiefdoms.
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'When the flamboyantly high-spirited, extravagant Edward Horner seduced Lady Cunard's beautiful, young parlourmaid in 1906, after a drunken lunch, the fourteen year-old Diana (Manners) thought it 'eighteenth century and droit de seigneur and rather nice'.
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Droit du Seigneur. ; His father was going to invoke Droit du Seigneur on his spouse. On Harry. ; "But you do not seem to have grasped yet that ranting will not change things. I brought you here to make you aware of it. ... He had so many privileges that 'Droit du Seigneur' is actually rather vague, since all it means...
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; There was a knock on the door to his chamber. "Um, yes, of course, my lord," she stammered. He watched over the top of the pages as she fumbled with the decanter and nearly dropped it. When she finally managed to get both glasses poured, she hurried over to his desk and placed ... I must remember to send some to the King.
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"Droit du seigneur" is cross-; >referenced in Brewer's under "Jus primae noctis"; the entry says, in; >part: "The custom seems to have existed in early medieval Europe to a; >limited extent but was more often the excuse for levying dues in lieu.";
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