Monseigneur definition

môɴ-sĕ-nyœr
messeigneurs
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Used as an honorific in French-speaking areas, especially as accorded to princes and prelates.
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A French title of honor given to persons of high birth or rank or to important church officers.
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A person with this title.
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An honorific form of address for an eminent person in France, especially under the Ancien Régime.
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(in particular) A title of the Dauphin of France.
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Alternative capitalization of monseigneur.
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Noun

Singular:
monseigneur
Plural:
monseigneurs

Origin of monseigneur

  • French from Old French mon my Monsieur seignor lord, sir seignior

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Middle French monseigneur.

    From Wiktionary

Monseigneur Sentence Examples

  • No, monseigneur, you cannot have known me.

  • In 1547 appeared Martin's French translation of Vitruvius, the illustrations of which were due, the translator tells us in his "Dedication to the King," to Goujon, "nagueres architecte de Monseigneur le Connetable, et maintenant un des votres."

  • The form in which certain of the references to him are couched favours the above view; the compiler of Guiron le Cortois says in his prologue that "maistre Gautier Map qui fu clers au roi Henrydevisa cil l'estoire de monseigneur Lancelot du Lac, que d'autre chose ne parla it mie gramment en son livre"; and in another place he refers to Map, "qui fit lou pro pre livre de monsoingnour Lancelot dou Lac."

  • This well-established authority was also supported by the revered memory of Monseigneur Saint Louis; and it is this prestige, the strength of this ideal superior to all other, that explains how the royal prerogative came to survive the mistakes and misfortunes of the Hundred Years War.

  • What right have you, monseigneur, to demand an account of my attachments and friendships?

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