signoria

Definitions of signoria
  1. noun
    social control by dominating
    synonyms: autorità, dominanza, dominazione, dominio, giogo, predominio, prepotere, supremazia
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    types:
    monopolizzazione
    domination (of a market or commodity) to the exclusion of others
  2. noun
    dominance or power through legal authority
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    type of:
    controllo
    the state that exists when one person or group has power over another
  3. noun
    a title used to address any British peer except a duke and extended to a bishop or a judge
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