- 1. n. An officer in the houses of princes and dignitaries, in the Middle Ages, who had the superintendence of feasts and domestic ceremonies; a steward. Sometimes the seneschal had the dispensing of justice, and was given high military commands. Source: opted
- 2. n. the chief steward or butler of a great household Source: wordnet
- 3. An officer in the houses of princes and dignitaries, in the Middle Ages, who had the superintendence of feasts and domestic ceremonies; a steward. Sometimes the seneschal had the dispensing of justice, and was given high military commands. Then marshaled feast Served up in hall with sewers and seneschale. Milton. Philip Augustus, by a famous ordinance in 1190, first established royal courts of justice, held by the officers called baitiffs, or seneschals, who acted as the king's lieutenants in his demains. Hallam. Source: webster
- 4. An officer in the houses of princes and dignitaries, in theMiddle Ages, who had the superintendence of feasts and domesticceremonies; a steward. Sometimes the seneschal had the dispensing ofjustice, and was given high military commands.Then marshaled feast Served up in hall with sewers and seneschale.Milton.Philip Augustus, by a famous ordinance in 1190, first establishedroyal courts of justice, held by the officers called baitiffs, orseneschals, who acted as the king's lieutenants in his demains.Hallam. Source: adambom
- 5. n the chief steward or butler of a great household Source: ecdict
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