DROIT DU SEIGNEUR


Meaning of DROIT DU SEIGNEUR in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ drwä-due-se-nʸœr ]

noun

Etymology: French, right of the lord

Date: 1825

: a supposed legal or customary right of a feudal lord to have sexual relations with a vassal's bride on her wedding night

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